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Irene I. Vega serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine, where her research critically examines immigration enforcement policies and practices through the lens of frontline bureaucrats. Her work specifically investigates how moral and racial boundaries shape migration control at the U.S.-Mexico border, as detailed in her forthcoming book "Bordering on Indifference: Race and Morality in Immigration Work" under contract with Princeton University Press.
Her research portfolio spans interconnected domains:
- Immigration Policy enforcement mechanisms
- Race and Ethnicity dynamics in border contexts
- Socio-Legal Studies of bureaucratic discretion
- Cultural dimensions of Social Mobility
- Border Criminology frameworks
Dr. Vega's scholarly output appears in leading journals including Social Problems, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, and American Behavioral Scientist. She is actively engaged with Border Criminologies, an international research network advancing critical studies of border control systems and migration governance through collaborative academic initiatives.
