The Banality of Crimmigration—Can Immigration Law Recover Itself?

Catherine Dauvergne ()
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Catherine Dauvergne: Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada

Laws, 2025, vol. 14, issue 3, 1-15

Abstract: This article argues that criminal law has overtaken immigration law to such an extent that the notion of “crimmigration” is no longer shocking. In Canada, where the population has long been supportive of immigration and where national politics have been remarkably consensual in matters of immigration, crimmigration now forms the basis of a new form of bipartisan consensus. By looking back on the Justin Trudeau Liberal government, we see that most of the Harper-era crimmigration measures were left in place, and the advance of crimmigration continued unabated. If we are to make any progress in recovering space for values other than crimmigration in our immigration law and politics, we need to both think more creatively about the future and recover our sense of outrage.

Keywords: immigration; crimmigration; refugees; Canada; immigration politics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D78 E61 E62 F13 F42 F68 K0 K1 K2 K3 K4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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