By Michael Dear, author of Border Witness: Reimagining the US-Mexico Borderlands through Film Over the past two decades, there has been an explosion of film releases about the US-Mexico borderlands. Not surprisingly, …
Read More >This post is published in conjunction with the Latin American Studies Association congress in Boston. Check for other posts from the conference. #LASA2019 By Abigail Leslie Andrews, author of Undocumented Politics: Place, Gender, and the …
Read More >In an interview with Minnesota Public Radio on dispelling myths about immigration and the border, Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco is asked about President Trump’s case for the border wall and whether Trump’s characterization of immigrants …
Read More >This guest post is published as part of our Scholar-Activist series related to the American Sociological Association conference from August 11 – 14 in Philadelphia. #ASA18 #ScholarActivist By Jean Beaman, author of Citizen Outsider: Children …
Read More >This piece, which was originally published on July 2, 2018, is reposted with permission from the author. By David Bacon, author of In the Fields of the North / En los campos …
Read More >What are the social consequences of anti-immigrant rhetoric? Do racist words translate into violence against immigrants? Does this rhetoric discourage immigrants from participating in civic life, interacting with law enforcement, or obtaining needed …
Read More >By Joanna Dreby, author of Everyday Illegal: When Policies Undermine Immigrant Families I share in the collective horror at reports about the Trump Administration’s newest administrative policy at the U.S. Mexican border: …
Read More >This post is published in conjunction with the American Anthropological Association conference in Washington D.C.. Check back regularly for new posts through the end of the conference on December 3rd. #AmAnth17 This year’s theme of “Anthropology Matters!” …
Read More >This guest post is published as part of a series related to the American Sociological Association conference from August 12 – 15 in Montreal, Quebec. #ASA17 By Jean Beaman, author of Citizen Outsider: Children of North African …
Read More >By Joanna Dreby, author of Everyday Illegal: When Policies Undermine Immigrant Families Over the past eight years of the Obama administration, there has been a record high number of deportations, more than …
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