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How Pinkwashing Masks the Retrograde Effects of Immigration Reform
As the Senate gears up to introduce immigration reform bill, keep in mind what is not in the legislation. Justin Feldman and I co-wrote this piece after mutually observing the appropriation of queer undocumented youth and LGBT organizations for comprehensive Read More …
AAG 2013: Paper Presentation on The Geography of Immigration Policy
I’m immensely lucky to have my dear friend, Marisol Ramos, presenting a paper on our behalf at the American Association of Geographers Conference in Los Angeles, California this week.. Marisol and I originally met over Twitter in 2008, when she Read More …
Reproduction, Eugenics and Immigration Law
I’ve posted a new working paper on SSRN — Reproduction, Eugenics and Immigration Law. Abstract: Policies designed to exclude the children of unwanted immigrants from citizenship have insidious roots in the eugenics movement. Today’s anti-immigrant agenda is no different than the Read More …
Fijian Elections in 2014 – Overseas Fijian Citizens Can Participate
I’m so immensely excited about having the chance to vote in the first Fijian elections in more than a decade. I’ve never had the chance to vote! And I’m absolutely uninterested in voting for the lesser of two evils in Read More …
Moving Beyond the “Illegal Immigrant”
Yesterday, the Associated Press announced that it would stop using the phrase “illegal immigrant” to describe an individual present in the US illegally, or who entered the country without proper authorization. This is a great victory for the long history Read More …