The Dig: No Human Being Is Illegal with Mae Ngai

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🗓️ 28 March 2018

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Many Americans take the existence of so-called "illegal immigrants" for granted, whatever their opinion of the matter. But illegality isn't a property of immigrants; rather, it's a creation of positive law. And we can only understand how immigrants are declared "illegal" by the government by examining this country's too-often ignored history of racist and exclusionary immigration politics. Dan’s guest today is Mae Ngai, an historian at Columbia and the author of Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America. Thanks to Verso Books. Check out The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale versobooks.com/books/2426-the-end-of-policing and Duty Free Art: Art in the Age of Planetary Civil War by Hito Steyerl versobooks.com/books/2553-duty-free-art. And support this podcast with $ at patreon.com/TheDig!

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0:00.0	This episode of The Dig is brought to you by our supporters on Patreon.com
0:05.0	and by Verso Books, which has loads of great left-wing titles,
0:10.0	perfect for dig listeners like you.
0:13.0	One new book that might be of interest is The End of Policing by Alex Vitali.
0:19.0	Recent years have seen an explosion of protest against police brutality and repression.
0:25.0	The conversation about how to respond and improve policing has focused on accountability,
0:31.0	diversity, training, and community relations.
0:35.0	Unfortunately, these reforms will not produce results.
0:39.0	The core of the problem must be addressed, and that is the nature of modern policing itself.
0:47.2	Broken Windows practices, the militarization of law enforcement, and the dramatic expansion of the role of police have created a
0:55.1	mandate for officers that must be rolled back. This book shows how the expansion of
1:01.2	police authority is inconsistent with community
1:04.0	empowerment, social justice, and even public safety.
1:07.8	Alex Vatale demonstrates how law enforcement has come to exacerbate the very problems it is supposed to solve.
1:17.0	In contrast, there are places where the robust implementation of policing alternatives, such as legalization,
1:25.2	restorative justice, and harm reduction has led to reduction in crime, spending, and
1:31.4	injustice.
1:33.5	The best solution to bad policing may be an end to policing as we know it.
1:40.1	The end of policing by Alex Fatale
1:43.1	Out now from Jacobin magazine. My name is Daniel
1:58.8	Denver and I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island.
2:03.8	On Friday, I talked to Cade Crockford
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