Graphic narratives of tragedies involving the journeys of irregular
migrants trying to reach destinations in the global north are
common in the media and are blamed almost invariably on human
smuggling facilitators, described as rapacious members of highly
structured underground transnational criminal organizations, who
take advantage of migrants and prey upon their vulnerability. This
book contributes to the current scholarship on migration by
providing a window into the lives and experiences of those behind
the facilitation of irregular border crossing journeys. Based on
fieldwork conducted among coyotes in Arizona - the main point of
entry for irregular migrants in the United States by the turn of
the 21st Century - this project goes beyond traditional narratives
of victimization and financial exploitation and asks: who are the
men and women behind the journeys of irregular migrants worldwide?
How and why do they enter the human smuggling market? How are they
organized? How do they understand their roles in transnational
migration? How do they explain the violence and victimization so
many migrants face while in transit? This book is suitable for
students and academics involved in the study of migration, border
enforcement and migrant and refugee criminalization.
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