Meaning of crimmigration | Babel Free

Definitions

Illegal immigration.

derogatory, slang, uncountable, usually

Examples

“This use⟳ of membership theory places the law on the edge of a crimmigration crisis. Only the harshest elements of each area of law make⟳ their way into the criminalization of immigration law, and the apparatus of the state is used to expel from society those deemed criminally alien.”

“In the last⟳ decade, legal scholars have⟳ noted with alarm the increasing alignment between immigration enforcement and the goals and methods of the criminal justice system, terming this alignment "crimmigration." Although discussions of race⟳ and nativism have⟳ played a large part in this analysis, the same cannot be said for the connection between crimmigration and gender.”

“The first part considers how the rise⟳ of crimmigration law complicates the question⟳ of whether deportation constitutes criminal punishment in US law.”

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