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The Politics of Waiting – Asylum
There’s a really good discussion on asylum circulating one of my academic listserves. Not many know that I study critical geography and subaltern studies, and there is some space in those fields to speak about immigration. The perspectives and philosophy Read More …
A History of Xenophobia in U.S. Immigration Policy and the new McCarthyism
Discrimination against those that are seemingly foreign-born and ‘different’ from the (White Protestant) norm is pervasive in the immigration control history of United States. It goes back to when the United States was a budding new nation of (illegal) immigrants Read More …
Being Illegal is NOT a Crime
In the next series of blog posts, I want to cover the issue of criminality and crime surrounding the notion of ‘illegal immigration.’ Hopefully, some of the information is new and compelling, and makes for an interesting read. Contrary to Read More …
Sarjina Emy – The ICE strikes again – Holding innocent youth in detention centers
This is plain ludicrous. Why are we punishing children and young adults for the alleged transgressions of their parents? What sort of justice is this?! 19-year old Sarjina Emy, who was brought here illegally when she was four years old, Read More …
What Does the United States Achieve by holding Innocent Teenagers in Detention?
Ever wonder what happens to illegal immigrants after they are apprehended? The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) holds over 30,000 illegal immigrations in detention centers while they await removal proceedings. How long is the wait? Well, someone called me Read More …