“Illegal Alien” or “Refugee”: Border Crossings Into El Paso, Texas

Vortrag von Dr. Ina Batzke (Amerikanistik, Uni Augsburg) in Englisch 
​Lecture by Dr. Ina Batzke (American Studies, Augsburg University) in English

21.01.2021, 18:15 Uhr 

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In the midst of a humanitarian crisis and explosive criminal violence in several states of Central and South America, one should think that the United States should take particular care to live up to its obligations under international law and make its refugee and asylum procedures fair and consistent. To the contrary, however, instead of a differentiated treatment of migrants from Central and South America as, e.g., potential refugees, the United States government prefers to quench all potential migrants from actually leaving their native countries in the first place by emphasizing a closed border argument. This leaves undocumented migrants in a state of limbo, particularly after their immediate arrival in the United States. This talk will shed light on the “border situation” in 2016 by documenting the work of the Annunciation House, a shelter that has housed undocumented migrants since the 1970s. The talk will firstly explore the legal foundations that “create” border crossings from Mexico to the U.S. as criminal acts; against this background – and by screening a part of “An American House,” a 2016 documentary – the work of the Annunciation House and the life worlds of migrants who have just entered the United States.

Über | About

Ina Batzke is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at the University of Augsburg, Germany. She is author of “Undocumented Migrants in the United States. Life Narratives and Self-Representations” (Routledge 2019), and co-editor of "Exploring the Fantastic: Genre, Ideology, and Popular Culture" (transcript, 2018).

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