Integral state on the Northern Border of Mexico: administration and surveillance of subaltern groups in Tijuana, Baja California

The article examines the correlation of forces between the government apparatus and civil society in the municipality of Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico). Through a Gramscian framework centered in the concepts of integral state and hegemony, we examine the role of non-profit organizations in moments locally identified as crises. We argue that border civil society operates as a state’s integral organizer, buffering the impact of the United States’ policies of deportation, immigration, and asylum by assisting and managing groups stranded or/in transit at the border.