Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Paul Otto
• Susanne Berthier-Foglar

Titel

Introduction

Ist Teil von

• Permeable Borders, 2020, p.1

Auflage

1

Ort / Verlag

Berghahn Books

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Since we first envisioned this collection of essays, the United States elected a new president, Donald Trump, and the issues related to migration and borders took on far greater salience. Trump’s “America first” campaign, which emphasized a secure American border, among other things, helped put him in the White House in 2017. By late 2018, “the wall” he proposed to build along the southern US border had become a centerpiece of President Trump’s agenda. Just before the 2018 winter holidays, he staked all his political clout on a battle with Congress, forcing a shutdown of a significant portion of the