Illegal border crossings in the southwestern United States have led to the enactment of laws to try and stop the influx of immigrants.Sometimes the legal language is written in a manner that signifies "American-ness" using veiled racial or other supposed markers to clearly identify those who are "in" and those who are "out." Such demarcation is called

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The term "ethnic boundary" refers to the demarcation of groups based on ethnicity, race or nationality. This term better captures the idea of using markers to distinguish between who is "in" and who is "out" without explicitly referring to legal apartheid or segregation.

Illegal Border Crossings in the Southwestern United States Have Led