: In many cities, access to housing for migrants is integrated into a system of management and control that serves to marginalize rather than house.
The intersection of migration and homelessness is rarely just about a lack of physical shelter. As Regina Serpa explores in her work, Migrant Homelessness and the Crimmigration Control System , what we are seeing today is the rise of —the merging of criminal law and immigration control. This system doesn't just manage borders; it manages the lives of people who have already arrived, often pushing them into deep precarity. What is "Crimmigration" Control? Download File Migrant Homelessness and the Crim...
: Non-citizens can face deportation even for minor offenses that did not involve jail time. : In many cities, access to housing for
The text "Migrant Homelessness and the Crim..." likely refers to the scholarly book (2023) by Regina Serpa, which examines how housing insecurity is used as a tool of management and control for migrants in the US and the UK. This system doesn't just manage borders; it manages
Crimmigration refers to the ways in which immigration law has increasingly adopted the punitive practices of the criminal justice system. For migrants, this often means: