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Stories of the Week: November 4
Happy Friday! From a shift in immigration policies following Trump’s 2024 election victory to the inspiring journey of a Mexican American entrepreneur, these are the top stories impacting the well-being of immigrants this week. —Alexis Reynoso TOP STORY OF THE WEEK The president-elect has pledged large detention camps, mass deportations, thousands more border agents, and Read more
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Op-Ed: For Puerto Ricans, Presidential Insults Open Wounds of Colonialism
At a rally sponsored by the Trump campaign at Madison Square Garden, a comedian who was warming up the crowd alluded to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage”. There has been much backlash to this “joke”, with many conservatives, including vice-presidential candidate J.D. Vance, lamenting that people can no longer take a joke. Read more
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Report: An Im/migrant Well-Being Analysis of the Presidential Candidates’ Immigration Policies
Where do the Presidential candidates stand on immigration policy? Immigration has been in the spotlight during the 2024 election season, with voters consistently ranking it among the most pressing issues as they prepare to cast their ballots on November 5th, 2024. With early voting underway and Election Day fast approaching, the Im/migrant Well-Being Scholar Collaborative shares the Read more
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Stories of the Week: October 28
Happy Friday! From questions about citizenship status in Texas hospitals to a billboard campaign welcoming immigrants in New Hampshire, these are the top stories impacting the well-being of immigrants this week. —Annabelle Manzo TOP STORY OF THE WEEK Beginning Nov. 1, Texas hospitals, in compliance with an executive order from Governor Greg Abbott, must ask Read more
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5 Fast Findings on Im/migrants, Housing, and Economic Well-Being
The United States faces a housing affordability and shortage crisis as well as persistent issues of income inequality that impact economic well-being. While political rhetoric can tend to falsely blame im/migrants for these crises, the reality is that im/migrants also bear the brunt of these issues– and in many cases disproportionately so. As policymakers work Read more
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3 Essential Reads on the Intersection of Crimmigration and Resistance (and a bonus)
The idea linking immigrants to crime is constructed over legal fictions and political rhetoric. The criminalization of immigrants, however, is a reality sedimented on the most punitive features of the immigration system (e.g., deportation without guaranteed legal representation) and the criminal legal system, a relationship socio-legal scholars refer to as “crimmigration.” Below I share recent Read more