مجلة الآداب و العلوم الإجتماعية
Volume 23, Numéro 1, Pages 218-225
2026-06-10
Governing Through Fear : Immigration, Security, And The Institutionalization Of Exception In The United States
Authors : Bennia Hicham .
Abstract
Abstract: This article explores how the United States has employed fear to create a permanent state of exception through immigration policies. Drawing on Giorgio Agamben's work on the "state of exception" and other critical security studies, the study shows how a temporary state of emergency following September 11, 2001, has evolved into a permanent bureaucratic structure based on the rule of exception through three interlocking mechanisms : the creation of legal exceptions that circumvent constitutional law in immigration enforcement, the use of technology to implement an unprecedented scale of surveillance, and the bureaucratic practices that institutionalize the state of exception. By analyzing fear-based politics in U.S. immigration policy, this article argues that the emergency reaction to perceived threats has evolved into a vicious circle in which crisis rhetoric serves as a justification for the gradual expansion of the state's powers, creating a parallel legal system in which rights are suspended and the rule of exception is established.
Keywords
tate of exception, immigration policy, democratic governance, fear.
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