隐藏在视线之外:COVID - 191期间为高技能移民提供的“中性”围栏

IF 1.8 3区社会学 Q2 SOCIOLOGY

Sociological Forum Pub Date : 2023-10-26 DOI:10.1111/socf.12965

Bandana Purkayastha, Rianka Roy

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摘要

欧盟、英国和美国的政治家和主流媒体经常强调对高技术移民的需求，但是，在过去的几十年里，这些高技术移民的条款和条件发生了巨大的变化。作为新自由主义移民控制制度的一部分，高技能移民在非常严格的条件下被带到各国。他们工作并纳税，但几乎没有政治权利。根据疫情期间在美国的高技能印度移民的数据，我们认为，高技能的“非移民”被置于一堆充当围栏的法律和政策之中，但这些看似中立的围栏仍然“隐藏在众目睽睽之下”，因为他们对近乎契约的生活条件保持沉默。

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Hidden in Plain Sight: “Neutral” Enclosures for High‐Skilled Immigrants During COVID‐19¹

Politicians and mainstream media in the EU, UK, and US regularly emphasize the need for highly skilled migrants, but, over the last few decades, the terms and conditions for these highly skilled migrants have changed drastically. As part of the neoliberal migrant control regime, highly skilled migrants are brought to countries under very restrictive conditions. They work and contribute taxes but have few to no political rights. Based on data on highly skilled Indian migrants in the US during the pandemic, we argue that highly skilled “nonimmigrants” are placed within a thicket of laws and policies that act as enclosures, but these seemingly neutral enclosures remain “hidden in plain sight” because of the silence about their near‐indentured life conditions.

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Sociological Forum SOCIOLOGY-

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2.90

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11.10%

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期刊介绍： Sociological Forum is the flagship journal of the Eastern Sociological Society. The journal is peer reviewed and committed to publishing high quality, cutting edge research on substantive issues of fundamental importance to the study of society. The journal"s mission is broad in scope, encompassing empirical works (both quantitative and qualitative in nature), as well as works that develop theories, concepts, and methodological strategies. All areas of sociology and related fields are welcomed in Sociological Forum, as the journal strives to create a site of learning and exchange for scholars and students of the social sciences.