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This talk explores politics of belonging and its implications for immigrant communities in Kenya and the U.S. The speaker looks at construction of boundaries--both real and conceptual--that lead tothe construction of “us” vs. “them,” the criteria for immigrants’ admission into a nation’s citizenship,and the simultaneous processes of their inclusion in and exclusion from national citizenship. She draws parallels in the processes, structures, and discourses of marginalization and securitization ofimmigrants in Kenya and the U.S. She argues that even though these processes, structures, and discourses may vary in form, they are not exclusive to either country.