Desperate Passages

Rey Koslowski is Associate Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University.

Human smuggling has emerged as a major 21st century issue and one that is certain to increase in complexity as the century advances. Although it often involves criminal organizations and its most lurid component is trafficking in women and children, there are many reasons for illegal migration and a variety of actors involved. Rey Koslowski focuses on the illegal labor market and the complicity of middle class demand in America as an unacknowledged driving force.