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Abstract

This research examines France’s Immigration Law LOI n°2024-42 du 26 janvier 2024 and its representation in three mainstream media outlets across the ideological spectrum: Le Figaro (right), CCFD-Terre Solidaire (left), and France Info (center). Using Critical Discourse Analysis (Fairclough, 1995) and Maurice Halbwachs’s theory of collective memory, the study explores how legal and media discourses construct symbolic and administrative boundaries of national citizenship. Findings reveal that integration is framed not as civic inclusion, but as the internalization of a singular national identity and memory. Media reinforce this framework through divergent but convergent discursive strategies. At the macro level, the law regulates who belongs, who remembers, and who is erased from national narratives. These results underscore how republican universalism operates as a normative discourse of exclusion and open possibilities for future research on migrant counter-narratives and comparative legal discourses in postcolonial Europe.

Bahasa Abstract

Penelitian ini mengkaji Undang-Undang Imigrasi Prancis LOI n°2024-42 du 26 janvier 2024 dan representasinya dalam tiga media arus utama yang mewakili spektrum ideologis berbeda: Le Figaro (kanan), CCFD-Terre Solidaire (kiri), dan France Info (tengah). Dengan menggunakan Analisis Wacana Kritis (Fairclough, 1995) dan teori memori kolektif Maurice Halbwachs, penelitian ini mengeksplorasi bagaimana wacana hukum dan media membangun batas-batas simbolik dan administratif kewarganegaraan nasional. Temuan penelitian menunjukkan bahwa integrasi dibingkai bukan sebagai inklusi kewargaan, melainkan sebagai internalisasi identitas dan memori nasional yang tunggal. Media memperkuat kerangka tersebut melalui strategi wacana yang berbeda tetapi berujung pada konvergensi makna. Pada tingkat makro, undang-undang ini mengatur siapa yang dianggap termasuk, siapa yang diingat, dan siapa yang dihapus dari narasi nasional. Hasil ini menegaskan bahwa universalisme republik beroperasi sebagai wacana normatif yang bersifat eksklusif, sekaligus membuka peluang bagi penelitian lanjutan mengenai kontra-narasi migran dan perbandingan wacana hukum di Eropa pascakolonial.

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