The discourse of deservingness: Racialized framing during rumored ICE raids

On February 12–14th, 2017, there were rumors of an ICE raid in the small East Texas city of Hometown. Reports that ICE was present circulated on social media platforms and radio stations in the area. Consequently, the Latinx community had high anxiety and fear of deportation and looked to the Spanis...

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Published inEthnicities Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 318 - 342
Main Authors Marquez, Beatriz Aldana, Williams, Apryl A, Plankey-Videla, Nancy, Diaz, Selene I
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.04.2022
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Criminality
Deportation
Immigrants
Immigration policy
Racialization
Radio
Social media
immigration
deportation
Racialization of Latinos
ICE raid rumors
Latinos and technology
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Summary:On February 12–14th, 2017, there were rumors of an ICE raid in the small East Texas city of Hometown. Reports that ICE was present circulated on social media platforms and radio stations in the area. Consequently, the Latinx community had high anxiety and fear of deportation and looked to the Spanish speaking radio DJs for information and advice. In this paper, we argue that heighten threats of deportation can accentuate divisions among the Latinx community based on fallacies regarding criminality and immigration. The authors utilized a collection of qualitative data to review the racialized framing that occurs during rumored ICE raids. A discourse of deservingness based on the notion of the “good” versus “bad” immigrant was internalized by vulnerable immigrants to alleviate stress about deportation.
ISSN:1468-7968
1741-2706
DOI:10.1177/14687968211018215