Abstract
In December 2005, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005 (H.R. 4437). This bill mandated the construction of seven hundred miles of “reinforced fencing” along the U.S.-Mexican border, and it proposed making illegal immigration a felony. Even though only the Secure Fence Act has been signed into law, the passing of the bill is a clear sign of a growing concern with the perceived threats of illegal immigration. However, in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attack there is growing worry among many Americans that some foreigners may enter the country to commit terrorist acts.1 Furthermore, the recent fear expressed by Samuel Huntington that the steady influx of Latino immigrants represents a serious threat to Anglo-American identity accentuates the political and cultural sensitivity to current immigration trends to the United States.2
Somebody went through the roof and said, Remember 9/11—every one had driver’s licenses … Well, none of these Mexican immigrants are in flight school anywhere.
(New York Times, January 30, 2006)
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Henriksen, K. (2007). Textual Representations of the Border and Border Crossers: Constructing Latino Enemies in the New York Times . In: Ashbee, E., Clausen, H.B., Pedersen, C. (eds) The Politics, Economics, and Culture of Mexican-U.S. Migration. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230609914_13
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