Populism in Criminal Law and lawfare at human mobility

Abstract

Criminalization of migration, comes from a process of securitization determinate as a matter of national defense, for the protection of national security and state institutions. Hence this article propounds a study that will develop the formation of an excluding discourse toward immigrants specifically in the case of Venezuelans migrants. So in this context this discourse state allows the categorization between citizens and enemies giving these last ones a different criminal treatment because of their supposed dangerousness to the law and order.

KEY WORDS: Criminalization of immigration, securitization, national security, in-migrants, enemies, law and order

JEL CODE: K14, J61