Visa overstayers in Northern Arizona reveal complex motivation behind undocumented migration

Crockford, Susannah (2017) Visa overstayers in Northern Arizona reveal complex motivation behind undocumented migration. USApp - American Politics and Policy Blog (17 Jul 2017). Website.

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Much of the media and public debate concerning immigration focuses on illegal border crossers. In this post, Susannah Crockford, who spent two years in Arizona completing ethnographic fieldwork, looks at the motivations behind people who overstay their visas. Unlike the common stereotype of ‘illegal immigrants’, many overstayers come from wealthy, ‘developed’ nations such as Canada and the UK, and contribute to the US economy through work and taxation.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/
Additional Information:	© 2017 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Date Deposited:	17 Aug 2017 09:52
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 21:08
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/84018

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