Paper Trails: Migrants, Documents, and Legal Insecurity

Book Overview

Across the globe, states have long aimed to control the movement of people, identify their citizens, and restrict noncitizens' rights through official identification documents. Although states are now less likely to grant permanent legal status, they are increasingly issuing new temporary and provisional legal statuses to migrants. Meanwhile, the need for migrants to apply for frequent renewals subjects them to more intensive state surveillance. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478008458
• ISBN13: 9781478008453
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"