Deportation functions as social control that discards surplus immigrant labor during crises
Evidence
In this model, āeternalā is deļ¬ned based on the relationship of surplus labor reserves to the mechanism of deportation. Used as a form of social control, deportation places immigrants within shifting notions of sovereignty in which they can be discarded during moments of crisis. ā Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims, 770
Categorization
- SEED: Angle: deportation as a labor-market valve, discarding reserves āeternallyā at moments of political crisis.
- XREF: connects to: Deportation emerged as a sanction for aliens who resisted wartime assimilation. ā John Higham, Strangers in the Land: Patterns ofā¦, 1497