From the Bookshelves: Toward Border Abolition Migrant Struggles and the Law

Toward Border Abolition Migrant Struggles and the Law. Editors: Nicholas De Genova, Daniel I. Morales. Release Date August 11, 2026

The the publisher's description:

Toward Border Abolition is an interdisciplinary exploration of border abolition that brings together scholars of international migration, border studies, and law who historicize the current border regime, critique the violence of border policing, and consider alternatives. The contributors explore the ways that migrants practice objective border abolitionism by circumventing the sociopolitical order imposed by nation-states. They illustrate how various methods of migrating, from seeking asylum to “unauthorized” border crossing, all enact a fundamentally human freedom of movement that precedes state border control as it exists today. Ultimately, Toward Border Abolition questions the assumed legitimacy of borders, nation-states, and immigration law while simultaneously showing how migrants’ transgression of borders opens new vistas for remaking the world.

Table of Contents

Preface / Nicholas De Genova and Daniel I. Morales  vii
Introduction. Border Abolitionism: Migrant Struggles, the Law, and Remaking the World / Nicholas De Genova and Daniel I. Morales  1
1. Abolition and the US Immigration Law Context / Leti Volpp  39
2. Law Against Law: Immigration Eugenics, Family Law, and Border Abolition / Audrey Macklin  59
3. Struggles for Freedom in a World of Nation-States / Nandita Sharma  88
4. Abolishing National Borders: Citizenship After the Nation / Jacqueline Stevens  108
5. Border Abolitionism: Commoning Beyond the Opposition of “Community” and “Nation-State” / Martina Tazzioli  139
6. Scales of Abolition: Mapping Multijurisdictional Border Abolitionist Engagements / David Moffette  156
7. Of Aid and Abolition: Humanitarian Innocence Between Encampment and Resettlement Futures / Hanno Brankamp  171
References  197
Contributors  233
Index