Elusive Subjects: Immigrant Recognition and Legitimation in Modern Surveillance States McThomas Mary
Elusive Subjects: Immigrant Recognition and Legitimation in Modern Surveillance States McThomas Mary In this book, Mary McThomas examines how individuals can claim their own subjecthood while still…
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Elusive Subjects: Immigrant Recognition and Legitimation in Modern Surveillance States McThomas Mary
In this book, Mary McThomas examines how individuals can claim their own subjecthood while still evading the identity-forming powers of state surveillance.Building on post-colonial theories, Queer theories, and surveillance studies, McThomas analyzes how the creation of categories and identities can serve as a form of control or, conversely, can be used as a form of resistance. Featuring over 100 hours of committee meetings, public hearings, and legislative floor debates on sanctuary cities in the United States, McThomas argues for policies that recognize and protect residents while allowing them to remain invisible to federal immigration enforcement officers. In doing so, she discusses ways in which state power is extended or frustrated, and the way in which the unauthorized resident shapes public discourse and policy.
She locates sites of contestation and potential points