Operation Gatekeeper and Beyond

"The first edition of Operation Gatekeeper has been widely influential in migration and border studies. I assign it to all my advanced students, and I think about its provocative arguments often. The second edition goes well beyond brief updating. It provides altogether new considerations and observations, and will prove essential for students and scholars of these issues."--Josiah Heyman, Anthropology, University of Texas at El Paso "Operation Gatekeeper and Beyond is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the complex constellation of social, political, and economic forces that gave rise to the criminalization of undocumented immigrants. Nevins powerfully illustrates how this on-going phenomena is linked to statecraft in an era in which globalization both diminishes and reinforces the sovereignty, power and relevance of the nation-state."--Roxanne Doty, Political Science, Arizona State University "Joe Nevins puts forth a nuanced and path-breaking political history of "illegal migrants." This study holistically examines the growing social divide between those with rights in the US and those denied them, between the privileged and the subordinated and, fundamentally, between the law and the realization of justice. It is a must-read for those seeking a fuller understanding of how the US war against "illegals" is a part of a contemporary system of apartheid."--Nandita Sharma, Ethnic Studies, University of Hawaii "In this updated second edition, Nevins...presents readers with a thorough assessment of the US's ever-evolving immigration policies. ...His analysis is fresh and unique. ...[The book] is well written and should be of interest to a wide variety of geographers, political scientists, economists, and Latin Americanists." --J. S. Robey, University of Texas at Brownsville in Choice