mia moraru’s Reviews > Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism > Status Update
mia moraru
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Export Processing Zones: extranational bordered area, no labor protections, 90% women.
Oldest one in Bangladesh made 1983 by World Bank. ~10% members of parliament in 2013=garment factory owners. how convenient.
IMF programming, debt dictatorship. similar to results of FTAs. disenfranchised workers, all forced to work for cheap exports and monoculture agric., land theft
unionizing banned in EPZs, so militarized
— Jan 05, 2026 09:10PM
Oldest one in Bangladesh made 1983 by World Bank. ~10% members of parliament in 2013=garment factory owners. how convenient.
IMF programming, debt dictatorship. similar to results of FTAs. disenfranchised workers, all forced to work for cheap exports and monoculture agric., land theft
unionizing banned in EPZs, so militarized
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mia moraru
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Australia-history of offshore detention via colonization. prisoners shipped to AUS. “terra nullius”
land registration systems aka land theft. endlavement in oceania continued long.
Manus Island abysmal conditions
Nauru complete destruction for resources and they see no profit.
resource colonialism, forced dependency.
offshore detention used to isolate ref and to create liminal legal categories and rights.
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land registration systems aka land theft. endlavement in oceania continued long.
Manus Island abysmal conditions
Nauru complete destruction for resources and they see no profit.
resource colonialism, forced dependency.
offshore detention used to isolate ref and to create liminal legal categories and rights.
mia moraru
is on page 92 of 200
externalization as border imperialism
offshoring the duty, deals w ‘transit countries’ to detain refugees there before Europe, so blame is on these countries and they also avoid #s.
this has also become a method of imperialism; baiting countries w aid agreements in exchange for this offshoring.
remain in mx policy. 100thousands detained inmx. disappeared too.
ADavis—refugee mvmnt is our civil rights mvmnt
— 9 hours, 49 min ago
offshoring the duty, deals w ‘transit countries’ to detain refugees there before Europe, so blame is on these countries and they also avoid #s.
this has also become a method of imperialism; baiting countries w aid agreements in exchange for this offshoring.
remain in mx policy. 100thousands detained inmx. disappeared too.
ADavis—refugee mvmnt is our civil rights mvmnt
mia moraru
is on page 86 of 200
territorial diffusion—the border can exist anywhere (and the threat)
commodified inclusion—deliberately precarious circumstances. 52% of companies threaten to call ICE on workers during union drives
discursive control—diff btwn migrant refugee immigrant. who is deserving and why.
Aimé Césaire condemning Euros for tolerating nazism before it was inflicted on them. bars.
— 9 hours, 53 min ago
commodified inclusion—deliberately precarious circumstances. 52% of companies threaten to call ICE on workers during union drives
discursive control—diff btwn migrant refugee immigrant. who is deserving and why.
Aimé Césaire condemning Euros for tolerating nazism before it was inflicted on them. bars.
mia moraru
is on page 84 of 200
border and racial regimes create exclusion and commodified inclusion, desirable vs un. fortify state projected identity (imagined community)
privatization of PIC started heavy in 1980s. judges and orgs that get major contracts to help sustain, even when public (worldwide esp), structured to maintain state violence
1,448 sexual assault complains against ICE 2012-2018
— 9 hours, 57 min ago
privatization of PIC started heavy in 1980s. judges and orgs that get major contracts to help sustain, even when public (worldwide esp), structured to maintain state violence
1,448 sexual assault complains against ICE 2012-2018
mia moraru
is on page 74 of 200
WB funded development projects displaced at least 3.4 mill ppl btwn 2004-2013 thru land grabs.
green grabs
86% of internal displacement from climate disasters
but they face militarized borders.
UN refugee convention doesn’t recognize economic or climate displacement
BUT historic ruling in 2019 that countries can’t deport ppl who have sought asylum for “climate related threats violating the right to life”
— 10 hours, 5 min ago
green grabs
86% of internal displacement from climate disasters
but they face militarized borders.
UN refugee convention doesn’t recognize economic or climate displacement
BUT historic ruling in 2019 that countries can’t deport ppl who have sought asylum for “climate related threats violating the right to life”
mia moraru
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twinned rices of land dispossession and labor exploitation.
coupled with major environmental/climate disaster causing continual migration from rural to urban areas. slum fires often and devastating.
95% of forcibly displaced ppl remain internally displaced or in refugee camps in neighboring countries.
less than 1% in those camps find a permanent home.
— Jan 05, 2026 09:13PM
coupled with major environmental/climate disaster causing continual migration from rural to urban areas. slum fires often and devastating.
95% of forcibly displaced ppl remain internally displaced or in refugee camps in neighboring countries.
less than 1% in those camps find a permanent home.
mia moraru
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preemption became the norm and also justification for permanent wars and coups everywhere. preserving US hegemony. AFRICOM. US forces operating in 70% of countries worldwide. heightened surveillance on all “dissidents” aka non white and non us supremacist ppls.
2005 zero tolerance for border crossing
Secure Communities Initiative-linking police w ice.
by 2014 over 50% if all federal arrests=immigration related
— Jan 05, 2026 09:03PM
2005 zero tolerance for border crossing
Secure Communities Initiative-linking police w ice.
by 2014 over 50% if all federal arrests=immigration related
mia moraru
is on page 55 of 200
National Security Entry-Exit Regustration System (NSEERS) in 2002. islamophobic.
2003, DHS created, policy that immigration was a national security threat.
‘constructing an enemy of the state as porous and boundless, as anywhere and everywhere, the US justifies waging war against diverse people and regions all lumped together as “Muslim”’ and same with non muslims esp now more and more
— Jan 05, 2026 01:29PM
2003, DHS created, policy that immigration was a national security threat.
‘constructing an enemy of the state as porous and boundless, as anywhere and everywhere, the US justifies waging war against diverse people and regions all lumped together as “Muslim”’ and same with non muslims esp now more and more
mia moraru
is on page 52 of 200
NAFTA, which brought 1.3 mill MX farmers to bankruptcy. it literally forced amendments to the MX constitution to change (how is this legal?!) hundreds of FTAs 1995-2016. ensuring flow of goods but then policing flow of PPL.
crisis of displacement, then proletarianized into low wage factory and farm work.
USBP tripled. clinton yrs—normalized most severe consequences of border militarization and mass detention
— Jan 05, 2026 01:03PM
crisis of displacement, then proletarianized into low wage factory and farm work.
USBP tripled. clinton yrs—normalized most severe consequences of border militarization and mass detention
mia moraru
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Monroe Doctrine — US claimed the entire hemisphere to be within its sphere of influence. Civilian Material Assistance at border w vietnam vets.
raegan ordered first stretch of border fencing.
passed Military Cooperation w Law Enforcement Agencies Act 1981.
exponential growth of Prison IC, immigration detention.
consistent coups 1950s onwards, central Am and Haiti, virtually all Haitian asylum claims rejected
— Jan 05, 2026 12:56PM
raegan ordered first stretch of border fencing.
passed Military Cooperation w Law Enforcement Agencies Act 1981.
exponential growth of Prison IC, immigration detention.
consistent coups 1950s onwards, central Am and Haiti, virtually all Haitian asylum claims rejected
