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      Proposition 187 and Operation Gatekeeper: Cases for the Sociology of International Migrations and Human Rights

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          This article examines the vulnerability of immigrants as subjects of human rights. This condition of powerlessness is analyzed in a framework of two exercises of sovereignty within the relationships that immigrants establish with the receiving society. On one hand is the classic notion of sovereign rights, which draws socio-legal distinctions between nationals and immigrants/foreigners. On the other hand is a modern notion of sovereignty accepted by certain States that adhere to international human rights standards. The article focuses on the debate about Proposition 187 and the implementation of Operation Gatekeeper in the experience of Mexican immigrants in the United States. In his conclusion, the author postulates that economic globalization brings about the emergence of international standards, including those for human rights. This process leads to the gradual disappearance of immigrants' condition of vulnerability and their integration, under equal status with nationals, in respect to the State and the law, including the right to vote in local elections.

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          Este artículo examina la vulnerabilidad de los inmigrantes como sujetos de derechos humanos. Esta condición de ausencia de poder es analizada en la relación que los inmigrantes establecen con la sociedad receptora en el marco de dos ejercicios de soberanía. Por una parte, la noción clásica de los derechos soberanos que hacen distinciones sociolegales entre nacionales e inmigrantes/extranjeros. Por otra, la noción moderna de soberanía de algunos Estados que se adhieren a los estándares internacionales de los derechos humanos. El artículo se enfoca en el debate acerca de la Proposición 187 y la implementación de la Operación Guardián en la experiencia de inmigrantes mexicanos en los Estados Unidos. En su conclusión, el autor postula que la globalización de la economía conlleva el surgimiento de estándares internacionales, incluidos los de los derechos humanos. Este proceso conduce a la desaparición gradual de la condición de vulnerabilidad de los inmigrantes y a su integración en condiciones de igualdad con los nacionales respecto al Estado y la ley, incluyendo el derecho al voto en elecciones locales.

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                Journal
                migra
                Migraciones internacionales
                Migr. Inter
                El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico )
                1665-8906
                2594-0279
                December 2001
                : 1
                : 1
                : 07-34
                Affiliations
                [01] Tijuana Baja California orgnameEl Colegio de la Frontera Norte México jorgeb@ 123456telnor.net
                Article
                S1665-89062001000100001 S1665-8906(01)00100100001
                e9f27173-4bf4-4bc9-acc4-3e97b88dbee4

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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                migración internacional,Estados Unidos,México,soberanía,derechos humanos,United States,Mexico,sovereignty,human rights,international migration

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