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Surveying the many fronts of the war on immigrants in post‐9/11 US society

The 9/11 attacks precipitated not only the war on terror, but also the ‘war on immigrants’ in the USA. It represents the moment when various categories of non‐citizens were forced to encounter policies and attitudes that together constitute a form of hyper‐marginalization. The convergence of crime and immigration control in the post 9/11 period has elevated the discourse of immigrant ‘threat’ to new heights in the culture, justified crackdowns against non‐citizens without concern for the collateral consequences of such actions, and fostered the perception of safety and security at the expense of non‐citizens. The war on immigrants has many fronts. Some are clearly visible, while others are obscured from view. This paper presents some of these fronts in order to demonstrate the sheer scale of the war, and to consider its human and social costs. The paper then turns to an analysis of the treatment of non‐citizens in the USA, with a view to understanding its social meaning in contemporary society.