| dc.description.abstract | This study examines the securitization of migration under Donald Trump’s
administration and how migration governance in the United States was
restructured through security-oriented practices. In the context of rising populism
and nationalist politics, migration has been increasingly framed not as a
humanitarian or administrative issue but as a source of disorder threatening
territorial integrity, sovereignty, and national identity. This research employs
Philippe Bourbeau’s securitized migration framework, which conceptualizes
securitization as an ordering process operating through institutional indicators and
the security nexus rather than an isolated speech act. The study argues that
migration securitization under Donald Trump represents a sustained and
institutionalized governance strategy produced through the interaction of policy
statements, issue saliency, legal codification, and coercive enforcement practices.
Using qualitative document analysis of speeches, executive action, and policy
documents across Trump’s first presidency (2017-2021) and renewed political
period (2024-2025), this study finds that migration has been normalized as a
permanent security concern. Institutional framing constructed migration as
disorder, while interdiction and detention materialized securitization into everyday
governance practices, transforming U.S. migration governance into a durable
security regime characterized by exclusion, deterrence, and coercive control. | en_US |
