Como se dá a securitização da imigração estadunidense em relação à América Latina: uma análise dos governos Trump a partir de teorias da Escola de Copenhague (2017-2021)

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the securitization of immigration, specifically concerning Latin American immigration to the United States during Donald Trump’s presidency (2017–2021). The central research question guiding this study is: was immigration securitized? To address this question, the study will first outline the immigration strategies proposed during Trump’s electoral campaign in order to contextualize his propositions regarding the Latin American community. Subsequently, an analysis of the White House’s National Security Strategy will be conducted to clarify how immigration policy discourse became, or did not become, securitized through the lens of the Copenhagen School. Thus, through academic literature and discourse analysis, the goal is to identify the mechanisms used by the Trump administration to frame immigration as a threat within U.S. society. The study will examine whether electoral proposals align with strategic documents, how U.S. immigration under the Trump administration was securitized according to the Copenhagen framework, and, finally, how immigration was framed as a societal urgency under this same perspective