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10 Rev. Const. Stud. 135 (2005)
Regionalism, Migration, and Fortress (North) America

handle is hein.journals/revicos10 and id is 141 raw text is: REGIONALISM, MIGRATION, AND FORTRESS (NORTH) AMERICA Yasmeen Abu-Laban* The article takes the 2004 Summit of the Americas as the startingpoint to examine the ongoing issues regarding migration, security and mobility rights within a North American context. It argues that since 11 September 2001, a distinctive racist internationalism has amplified the exclusionary logic of North American regionalism with respect to the mobility of people. The article considers the relevance ofimigration to illuminating the interplay between security, international politics and domestic politics. Domestic security measures instituted in the wake of September 11 and the revived debate regarding national borders at the North American regional level have had a significant impact on rights of mobility, particularly movement across borders, and underscore the limitations of citizenship in the face of the racialized security threat of terrorism. Rather than ceasing to be relevant, national borders are assuming a new importance in the early twenty-first century in the context of revitalized discourses that posit immutable differences between peoples of the West and of the East. Commencement avec le Sommet des Am&iques de 2004, cet article examine les questions courantes sur les droits de migration, de scurit6 et de mobilit6 dans le contexte nord-amiricain. L auteurfait valoir que depuis le 11 septembre 2001, un internationalisme racisteparticulier a amplifig la logique limitative du rigionalisme nord-amgricain en ce qui concerne la mobilit6 des personnes. L'auteur 9tudie la pertinence de la migration pour illuminer l 'action reciproque de la scuritM, de politiques internationales et nationales. Les mesures de s&uritg nationales mises en place b la suite des attentats du 11 septembre et l'intensification du dibat sur les frontikres nationales au niveau rdgional en Am&ique du Nord ont eu de sirieuses incidences sur les droits de mobilitg, surtout sur les mouvements a la fronti~re, et met en 9vidence les limitations des citoyens face e la menace de terrorisme racialis& pour la sdcuriti. Au lieu de perdre leur pertinence, les frontikres prennent une nouvelle importance au d~but du XLXr sicle dans le contexte de discours revitalisgsposant comme postulat les diffirences inalt~rables entre les populations de l'Occident et de l'Orient. 1. INTRODUCTION The 2004 Summit of the Americas in Monterrey, Mexico stands out for the way in which both Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin and Mexican President Vincente Fox focussed on issues relating to migration, security, and mobility rights at the U.S. border. Indeed, journalists were able to report that the two leaders pledged to work Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Alberta. 2005 Revue d'etudes constitutionnelles

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