The Role of Legal Documents in the Lives of Children and Adolescents on the move within and through Mexico
Exerting control over borders has become one of the main preoccupations of contemporary nation states, particularly regarding the access of irregularized migrants who, in their view, pose a threat to national security. To this end, they erect walls and increase border surveillance. One of the forms...
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Niñas Niños y adolescentes Migración Movilidad Documentos legales Girls Boys and adolescent Migration Mobility Legal Documents |
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Exerting control over borders has become one of the main preoccupations of contemporary nation states, particularly regarding the access of irregularized migrants who, in their view, pose a threat to national security. To this end, they erect walls and increase border surveillance.
One of the forms of border control and surveillance exerted by nation states over foreigners is the use of identity documents. Identity cards, passports and birth certificates determine inclusion and exclusion from citizenship, as well as playing a fundamental role in the eligibility for international protection, such as political asylum or the admission of unaccompanied Children and adolescents.
The objective of this article is to explain the role of these documents in the lives of children and adolescents on the move within and through Mexico. Their access, or lack thereof, to some of these documents directly affects or even determines their migration experience, journey and process, particularly in the cases in which some become "unaccompanied children" precisely because of their legal guardians' lack of a document. This article explores the effects of documents on children and adolescents related to them, through different situations investigated in the fieldwork I conducted in Mexico City 2021, 2022 and Tijuana for my doctoral thesis, between August and December 2022.
The main finding of this research is that it is precisely the process of strict document enforcement that produces more illegality among unaccompanied migrants, as well as more unaccompanied migrants per se. |
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I15-R225-article-1602025-11-18T11:45:33Z The Role of Legal Documents in the Lives of Children and Adolescents on the move within and through Mexico El papel de los documentos legales en la vida de niñas, niños y adolescentes en situación de movilidad en México Salah, Rasha Niñas Niños y adolescentes Migración Movilidad Documentos legales Girls Boys and adolescent Migration Mobility Legal Documents Exerting control over borders has become one of the main preoccupations of contemporary nation states, particularly regarding the access of irregularized migrants who, in their view, pose a threat to national security. To this end, they erect walls and increase border surveillance. One of the forms of border control and surveillance exerted by nation states over foreigners is the use of identity documents. Identity cards, passports and birth certificates determine inclusion and exclusion from citizenship, as well as playing a fundamental role in the eligibility for international protection, such as political asylum or the admission of unaccompanied Children and adolescents. The objective of this article is to explain the role of these documents in the lives of children and adolescents on the move within and through Mexico. Their access, or lack thereof, to some of these documents directly affects or even determines their migration experience, journey and process, particularly in the cases in which some become "unaccompanied children" precisely because of their legal guardians' lack of a document. This article explores the effects of documents on children and adolescents related to them, through different situations investigated in the fieldwork I conducted in Mexico City 2021, 2022 and Tijuana for my doctoral thesis, between August and December 2022. The main finding of this research is that it is precisely the process of strict document enforcement that produces more illegality among unaccompanied migrants, as well as more unaccompanied migrants per se. Una de las funciones clave de los Estados contemporáneos es mantener el control sobre sus fronteras y, en particular, sobre el acceso de las personas migrantes quienes presentan, según ellos, una amenaza para la seguridad nacional. Con este fin, se levantan muros, y se aumenta la vigilancia de las fronteras. Entre las formas de control y vigilancia del Estado nación sobre las personas extranjeras está el uso de los documentos de identidad. Carnet de identidad, pasaportes y actas de nacimiento determinan la inclusión/exclusión de la ciudadanía, además de jugar un papel fundamental en la elegibilidad para los regímenes de protección internacional tales como el asilo político o la admisión de extranjeros menores de edad no acompañados. El objetivo de este artículo es explicar el papel de estos documentos en la vida de niñas, niños y adolescentes (NNA) en situación de movilidad en México. Su acceso a algunos de estos documentos puede afectar o incluso determinar su experiencia, trayecto y proceso migratorio, en particular en los casos en los cuales algunas/os de ellas/os se convierten en NNA no acompañados precisamente por falta de un documento por parte de su tutor legal. El artículo detalla los efectos de los documentos sobre NNA a través de diferentes situaciones investigadas en el trabajo de campo para mi tesis doctoral, el cual llevé a cabo en dos ciudades: Ciudad de México de 2021 a principios de 2022 y en Tijuana de agosto a diciembre de 2022. El hallazgo principal de esta investigación es que es precisamente el proceso de imposición estricta en la presentación de documentos lo que produce más “ilegalidad” entre las personas migrantes, además de producir un mayor número de NNA irregulares. Universidad Nacional de Rosario 2025-08-09 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://claroscuro.unr.edu.ar/index.php/revista/article/view/160 10.35305/cl.vi24.160 Claroscuro. Revista del Centro de Estudios sobre Diversidad Cultural; No. 24 (2025): Childhoods in the Colonial Present; 1-23 Claroscuro. Revista del Centro de Estudios sobre Diversidad Cultural; Núm. 24 (2025): Infancias en el presente colonial; 1-23 2314-0542 spa https://claroscuro.unr.edu.ar/index.php/revista/article/view/160/161 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 |