Assembling a visa requirement against the Mexican ‘wave’: migrant illegalization, policy and affective ‘crises’ in Canada

Villegas, Paloma E.

doi:10.1080/01419870.2012.705009

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“…Englishlanguage publications have rarely discussed Latin American tourists, except for some studies on their travel to other North American destinations (e.g. Sullivan et al, 2012;Villegas, 2012), and have largely disregarded the extensive literature on that topic in Spanish and Portuguese (e.g. Meurer, 2012;Sammarchi, 2001).…”

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A mobilities approach to tourism from emerging world regions

Cohen

2014

Current Issues in Tourism

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Increasing numbers of people from the emerging world regions, Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East engage in tourism practices at domestic, intra-regional and long-haul international scales. In this article we deploy an innovative application of the mobilities approach, which we argue moves beyond the Eurocentrism implicit in modernist tourism studies, in a comparative analysis of tourism in and from these regions and those in the 'West'. Our analysis opens up the systematic study of tourism in emerging world regions in terms of the mobilities paradigm, and concludes: one, travel had a multiplicity of origins in societies in the emerging regions, but most did not possess an equivalent emic term to 'tourism.' Two, tourism at domestic and intraregional levels tends to be entangled with other discretionary mobilities, whereas the long-haul level is more differentiated. Three, the development of domestic discretionary travel in emerging regions can be represented by four overlapping 'mobility constellations'. Four, there are significant historical differences between the regions in their long-haul mobility constellations, although their kinetic hierarchies are all still steep. Five, forms of movement and associated practices of discretionary travellers from the emerging regions and Western countries became increasingly similar under the impact of socio-technological, economic and cultural globalisation. Six, differences between the emerging regions, particularly Asia, and the West are most salient on the emic level of representations of international travel: the specific cultural motive forces for tourism do not centre on authenticity-seeking, but are instead bound up with prestige and markers of modernity.

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A mobilities approach to tourism from emerging world regions

Cohen

2014

Current Issues in Tourism

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“…Sources were gathered from Canadian news outlets (print and digital) for the period between May 2016 and May 2018, using a keyword search in a news database (Factiva). I chose this time period because published research has addressed the period before the visa announcement and its implementation (Gilbert, , , Villegas, ). Therefore, this article builds on existing research, focusing on the processes that led to the TRV revocation.…”

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Flexible and Assembled Bordering Practices for Mexicans travelling to Canada

Villegas

2020

International Migration

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This article examines a temporary residence visa (TRV) requirement for Mexicans travelling to Canada 2009-2016. The policy was implemented to control the travel of Mexican refugee claimants to Canada, with the explanation that they were making "bogus" claims. Drawing on a critical discourse analysis of news sources, parliamentary debates, and policy documents, I argue that the TRV and subsequent policies and practices enacted during the 2009-2016 period illustrate bordering practices as flexible and assembled, regulating entry and access to secure immigration status. I analyse how bordering practices operated through the enactment of policy, the circulation of anti-immigrant/anti-Mexican discourses, and economic arguments about the cost of lifting the TRV. They were also affected by U.S.-Canada relationships, particularly after the 2016 U.S. election.

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“…These numbers led to the implementation of the visa in 2009 and later to the inclusion of Mexico to the list of Designated Countries of Origin. These changes in immigration policy towards Mexico, attracted the interest of several scholars who looked into the humanitarian aspects of the immigration of Mexicans to Canada and the correlation to the insecurity that prevails in Mexico as a push factor (Bhuyan, Vargas, & Píntín-Perez, 2016;Rotman & Marshall, 2016;Villegas, 2013). In 2017, the number of Mexicans seeking asylum in Canada was 1,518 putting Mexico at number eight of the top countries of origin for refugee claimants (Government of Canada, 2018).…”

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Betting on Canada: the immigration trajectories of Mexican professionals as international students

Zamora¹

2021

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Canada has positioned itself as a destination for thousands of international students from all over the world. Arguably, by offering a relatively affordable education, and an inclusive society. Over the past two decades, the number of international students to Canada has not just increased, but also become more diverse by places of birth, age, marital status, education, and prior occupation. Even though many international students come to Canada when they are single young adults, some arrive with their families leaving behind professional careers back home. Using a qualitative approach, this research explores the motivations that prompt Mexican professionals to come to Canada as international students with their families. The research findings demonstrate that high levels of insecurity in Mexico was the number one push factor that motivated participants to make the decision to immigrate. Furthermore, for many this represents a significant financial investment that can require sacrifices both before and after immigrating. Key words: Mexico; international students; insecurity; immigration; professionals

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Assembling a visa requirement against the Mexican ‘wave’: migrant illegalization, policy and affective ‘crises’ in Canada

Cited by 11 publications

References 21 publications

A mobilities approach to tourism from emerging world regions

A mobilities approach to tourism from emerging world regions

Flexible and Assembled Bordering Practices for Mexicans travelling to Canada

Betting on Canada: the immigration trajectories of Mexican professionals as international students

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