Introduction to the Ethics of Illegality

Oregon Review of International Law 11 (1):123-128 (2009)
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In this article I use the tropes of El Cucuy (the Mexican version of the boogyman), La Llorona (the wailer), and La Migra (the border patrol) to provide the beginnings of an ethical critique of the treatment of undocumented immigrants in the United States.

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