“…That legal exceptionalism has not prevented, however, the co-existence of reinforced control over the past decade mostly targeting impoverished migrants and asylum seekers (Domenech, 2017). Through empirical studies conducted in Argentina, Ecuador, and Brazil, to name some notable cases, critical migration scholars have highlighted how the region's progressive approach has not necessarily been translated into national norms or policies, and migration matters have been governed by national security laws, as will be discussed in more detail below (see, e.g., Correa, 2019;Gomez & Malo, 2019;Domenech & Dias, 2020;Domenech, 2020;Álvarez Velasco, 2020).…”