QUOTE : Nations are made of papers. Papers make the border. Papers also turn the migrant into the immigrant. The word 'immigrant' is a formal legal term. It centers not the person, but the nation in which the person hopes to become a citizen. 'Migration' centers bodies. 'Immigration' centers bodies of law. The immigrant is therefore always troubled by the question of status: 'legal' or 'illegal.' When the immigrant is between the migrant and the citizen, their freedom - and others' freedom, in turn - depends upon the answer. <br />How can a human being be illegal? Laws come from people. That is to say, they come from citizens. And yet what does it mean to be a citizen?