Researching anti-deportation: Socialization as method

My research on anti-deportation has aimed to make both an empirical and theoretical contribution. Empirically, I have examined the specific ways that anti-deportation campaigns challenge some of the most exclusionary and coercive powers of the state. More to the point, I wanted to illustrate how these campaigns can, in fact, succeed (albeit with limitations) in a climate of securitized anxiety about refugees and non-status migrants. In doing …