Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 3
5. Immigration Trajectories
6. Assembling Insecuritization in Mexico 27
7. Transit and Encountering Borders 58
8. Assembling Discursive and Affective Productions of “Illegality” through Visa Restrictions 81
9. Immigration Status Trajectories
10. Navigating a Shifting and Exclusionary Refugee Determination System 111
11. Yearning for Secure Status 137
12. Internal and Interlocking Borders
13. Access to Health Care and Temporal Negotiations of Internal Borders 169
14. At the Intersection of Precarious Work and Status 190
15. Creative Practices amid Internal Borders 213
16. Conclusion 234
17. Participant Information at a Glance 239
18. References 242
19. Index 276