“…Such criminalization of immigration makes invisible the multifaceted, nonlinear experiences, and complex roots of migration in the lives of transmigrants. That is, by criminalizing immigrant populations, the structural inequities in various societies minimize, as immigrants become pathologized and criminalized (Furman and Sanchez, 2012). For example, while globalization ostensibly encourages cross-border trade and economic reform, its practice does not benefit everyone and contributes to growing economic disparities between certain countries.…”