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The politics of temporary protection schemes: the role of Mexico's TVRH in reproducing precarity among Central American migrants
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Abstract Using Mexico's Tarjeta de Visitante por Razones Humanitarias (TVRH) as a primary case study, this article examines how states can use temporary protection schemes as border security measures while claiming to provide protection. Although the TVRH offers a legal pathway and status to move within Mexi... view more
Using Mexico's Tarjeta de Visitante por Razones Humanitarias (TVRH) as a primary case study, this article examines how states can use temporary protection schemes as border security measures while claiming to provide protection. Although the TVRH offers a legal pathway and status to move within Mexico, it equally restricts certain rights due to its temporary nature. It becomes a form of differential inclusion by which the state has the right to be able to "exclude and define the limits" of a particular population but also claim inclusion on humanitarian grounds. Despite the claim of protecting migrants, the application of this regular status can essentially become a form of interdiction, which sustains the political framing of migration as ultimately a "threat" that needs to be governed. On the ground, migrants with these temporary regular statuses occupy a liminal space and live a precarious existence similar to those migrants who do not possess a legal status at all. This power imbalance exists more often as states prefer to grant a temporary immigration status, which ensures less responsibility and support that accompanies more rights and protections. Based on policy analysis and field work, the article will examine the TVRH, the processes for obtaining this legal status, and the consequences for irregular migrants.... view less
Keywords
migration; human rights; Mexico; science; international conflict; internal migration; migration policy
Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Free Keywords
Durchgangsmigration; Grenzkonflikt; Internationale Migration; Menschenrecht; Zentralamerika-Konflikt
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 84-102
Journal
Journal of Politics in Latin America, 14 (2022) 1
ISSN
1868-4890
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed