Blog Post 4

Kbeaty
US-Mexico Border Issues
2 min readMar 27, 2024

Which perspectives does she tend to highlight?

Kelly Lytle Hernandez highlights perspectives that relate to race, immigration and state power. Hernandez emphasizes the historical experiences of the marginalized communities. It focused on the impact of immigration policies on the racialize groups. Hernandez talks about the relationship between the state power and racial hierarchies. It offered critical insights for the formation of the US institutions like the Border Patrol. Hernandez being to attention how the narrative of individuals were overlooked and it was affected by the immigration enforcement. She works to amplified many perspectives that challenge the conventional narrative. These narratives prompt a much deeper understanding of the surrounding race, immigration and state institutions.

Which might she downplay?

Hernandezs work does not in my eyes downplay any specific perspectives. Hernandez does focus on the voices and experiences of others that marginalized communities. The communities that were most effected were immigration, race, and state power. The emphasis of the critical examination of the historical narrative institution shed light on the perspectives that have been overlooked. This is rather than downplaying any of these specific viewpoints. Her research shows the experiences of those who were impacted by the immigration policies and the state institution. There has to be a broad understanding if the complex historical issues.

Also, how and why is her examination of official Mexican policies to support border policing add to our understanding of the complexities of border development.

Kelly Lytle Hernandez’s examine the official Mexican policies that support the border policing and adding depth to our understadning of the complexities of the developments of the borders. This was revealing the nature of the border and was enforced between the United States and Mexico. The Mexican policies were collaborated with the United States in the border policing. Kelly Lytle Hernandez’s shows how the dynamics shave shaped the border developments. The analysis of Hernandez shows a transitional dimension of the border enforcement. The highlights of how the official Mexican policies have intersected the United States was to regulate the migration and the control of the border. The approach that expands the comprehension of the border develops far more into the perspective, emphasizing the influences that were mutual and the same. The collaboration between the neighboring nations was shaping the border policies and the practices. Hernandez examines the attention and the power of the dynamics and the historical complexities of the border development. The features of the border shaping went together with the broader government relationships and the historical legacies. This offered an understanding of the forces that have shaped the border and the the border policies over a certain amount of time. The exploration of the Mexican policies supported the border policing. The understanding of the border development revealed a huge web of relationships, influences, and many historical factors that have many contributions. These contributions lead to the complexities of the border enforcement and the migration control policies.

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