The Devil's Highway: A Narrative Analysis

After reading, Governing Immigration Through Crime and The Devil’s Highway: A True Story, I have developed a better understanding of the relationship between immigration and crime. Personally, many of my sentiments towards immigration has been quite underdeveloped and lacking sustenance to support my claims. In regards, to the criminal aspect connected to immigration, my opinion was more based on feelings alone and not facts. However, I still stand by some of my views and beliefs even after reading both texts about immigration and crime. I gained new information on this topic based on the fundamental concepts and theories that were presented to me in Governing Immigration Through Crime. Moreover, this paper will analyze three concepts discussed Governing Immigration Through Crime while using material from The Devil’s Highway: A True Story to support the perspectives presented by each theme. Lastly, I will conclude this paper with how Urrea writing was able to contribute to the debate on immigration and crime within the public.
Concept 1 illegality
He stated, “it is lived through a palpable sense of deportability- the possibility, which is to say, the possibility of being removed from the space of the US nation-state” (Dowling & Inda 2013, p.44). Revisions to the immigration law have caused Mexican migrants to receive illegal status, which in turn caused police departments to interrogate these migrants because of forces within the administration believing they are not allowed here legally (Dowling & Inda 2013, p.44). Compared to De Genova perception of illegality, Urrea strains more away from defining illegality and the issues it may cause but says they are individuals who pay Coyotes a set amount of money for them to move between borders by finding appropriate refuge in safe houses before they can make it to the United