“Illegal Aliens” and the Inconspicuous Geographies of US Immigration and Border Policing within 100 Miles of the US-Canada Border

Legal provisions in the US have extended the idea of the border to the inside of US territory. Border Patrol Agents confront people in different spaces to inquire about their status. I examine border policing along the northern border of the United States through textual and discourse analysis. This thesis asks: How do border agents exercise power and control the movement of people within 100 miles of the border? In whose interest is the border, the “nation,” secured? The spaces in which these mobile borders are practiced become the sites where “citizens” and “aliens” are produced, reproduced and contested. These border policing practices create the illusion of a “nation” that is secured for “our” interests. However, the interests of these vulnerable groups are not reflected in the immigration policy and along the “border. Therefore the very existence of immigrants and their basic right to be in the US is undermined.

License no. 144 of season 1872/73 made out to S.D. Woodruff for 36 square miles in berth no. 192

License no. 144 of season 1872/73 made out to S.D. Woodruff for 36 square miles in berth no. 192. This document is slightly torn and stained along the right hand side. This does not affect the text, April 7, 1873.

License no. 145 of season 1872/73 made out to S.D. Woodruff for 35 ¾ square miles in berth no. 198

License no. 145 of season 1872/73 made out to S.D. Woodruff for 35 ¾ square miles in berth no. 198, April 7, 1873.

License no. 67 of season 1873/74 made out to S.D. Woodruff for 36 square miles in berth no. 192

License no. 67 of season 1873/74 made out to S.D. Woodruff for 36 square miles in berth no. 192, June 13, 1873

License no. 68 of season 1873/74 made out to S.D. Woodruff for 35 ¾ square miles in berth no. 198

License no. 68 of season 1873/74 made out to S.D. Woodruff for 35 ¾ square miles in berth no. 198, June 13, 1873.

License no. 11 of season 1874/75 made out to S.D. Woodruff for 35 ¾ square miles in berth no. 198

License no. 11 of season 1874/75 made out to S.D. Woodruff for 35 ¾ square miles in berth no. 198, May 20, 1874.

License no. 5 of season 1875/76 made out to S.D. Woodruff for 36 square miles in berth no. 192

License no. 5 of season 1875/76 made out to S.D. Woodruff for 36 square miles in berth no. 192, June 1, 1875.

License no. 2 of season 1886/87 made out to S.D. Woodruff for 36 square miles in berth no. 192

License no. 2 of season 1886/87 made out to S.D. Woodruff for 36 square miles in berth no. 192, May 15, 1876.

License no. 3 of season 1886/87 made out to S.D. Woodruff for 35 ¾ square miles in berth no. 198

License no. 3 of season 1886/87 made out to S.D. Woodruff for 35 ¾ square miles in berth no. 198, May 15, 1876

License no. 7 of season 1877/78 made out to S.D. Woodruff for 35 ¾ square miles in berth no. 198

License no. 7 of season 1877/78 made out to S.D. Woodruff for 35 ¾ square miles in berth no. 198, May 31, 1877.

License no. 6 of season 1877/78 made out to S.D. Woodruff for 36 square miles in berth no.192

License no. 6 of season 1877/78 made out to S.D. Woodruff for 36 square miles in berth no.192, May 31, 1877.

License no. 87 of season 1879/80 made out to S.D. Woodruff for 36 square miles in berth no. 192

License no. 87 of season 1879/80 made out to S.D. Woodruff for 36 square miles in berth no. 192, June 3, 1879.

License no. 26 of season 1880/81 made out to S.D. Woodruff for 36 square miles in berth no. 192

License no. 26 of season 1880/81 made out to S.D. Woodruff for 36 square miles in berth no. 192, May 27, 1880.

Master Plan Layout

The original Master Plan of 1964 called for the campus to stretch out 1 1/4 miles across the escarpment with arts buildings west of the tower and science buildings to the east. This plan laid out the development of Brock for the next 10 or 11 years by which time enrollment was expected to be near 8000 students.

Tower and Pedestrian Mall

The original Master Plan of 1964 called for the campus to stretch out 1 1/4 miles across the escarpment with arts buildings west of the tower and science buildings to the east. This plan laid out the development of Brock for the next 10 or 11 years by which time enrollment was expected to be near 8000 students. Pictured here is the tower and university centre. The view is looking east towards a cluster of science buildings and residences in the background.