Cause man, like I said, any place is a lot better than where I was. If you are here
Category: Immigration
Repatriating Veterans
Introduction Soon after his honorable discharge from the U.S. Army in 2001, Hector Barajas-Varela had trouble reintegrating into civilian life
Non-contact: Family Separations, Accumulating Loss, and the Art of the Daughters Who Remain
On most days, the non-citizens held inside Stewart Detention Center (SDC) outnumber the free population in Lumpkin, Georgia.[1] CoreCivic, the
Nothing Has Been Given: Reflections on Parenthood and Deportation, Part Two
Other fatherhoods, alternative masculinities, and deportation Though there is a substantial amount of literature about the emotional and economic aspects
Nothing Has Been Given: Reflections on Parenthood and Deportation, Part One
Writing about undocumented immigrants who were deported or forced to return to Mexico has been emotionally challenging in ways that
Rubric for Readers: Attention, Sympathy, & Ethical Witnessing
How much does perspective and narration really affect a reader’s interpretation of a character’s actions and the novel’s story more
Evoking Empathy in Migration Stories
Discussions about immigration can be very divisive and difficult within the United States as there are many different viewpoints on
The Flawed Deserve Better
At times, authors avoid fully fleshing out their characters because less sympathy is offered to those who make mistakes. Two
The Hotspots in Hiding: COVID-19 and Immigrant Detention
The combination of immigrant detention and COVID-19 is a travesty happening in real time, expanding rapidly, and resembling the situation
Interview with Kevin Escudero, author of Organizing While Undocumented: Immigrant Youth’s Political Activism under the Law (NYU Press, 2020)
Latinx Talk: Tell us about yourself. Kevin Escudero: I am an assistant professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies at
El Encuentro/The Encounter, A Review
March 2020 Latinx Talk Series on Latinx Migration Literature We recommend El Encuentro (English version The Encounter) by Rita Wirkala, a Young Adult
Our Dad Is In Atlantis: Border Crossings as Latinx Theater Practice
March 2020 Latinx Talk on Latinx Migration Literature A butterfly calls
Restoring History, Brick by Brick
March 2020 Latinx Talk Special Series on Latinx Migration Literature As a historical and biographical novel, The Brick People (Arte
The Poems the Border Crossed: Attending to the Resilient Geographies of the Tohono O’odham and Pima People
March 2020 Latinx Talk Series on Latinx Migration Literature I remember sitting in a Caribbean Literature course in college and
LatinAsian and Black Latinx Migrations in Literature
March 2020 Latinx Talk Special Series on Latinx Migration Literature My first choice for teaching a Latinx migration literary piece
Migrants in the Land of Plenty
March 2020 Latinx Talk Special Series on Latinx Migration Literature American Copia: An Immigrant Epic (Arte Público Press, 2012) by
Thickening Borders Across Mexico: Follow-up Stories from the Caravan
The departure of a large caravan of Central American migrants from Honduras, whose journey into and through Mexico received constant
Making Sensation and Sense of the Migrant Caravan of Fall 2018, Part Two
Migrant Border Politics My previous installment questioned tendencies on both right and left to represent the migrant caravan through reductive
Making Sensation and Sense of the Migrant Caravan of Fall 2018, Part One
General Introduction On October 13, 2018, a large caravan of migrants departed from San Pedro Sula, Honduras, heading north toward
Arpaio’s Pardon and the Insidious Relationship between Anti-Immigrant and Anti-Latinx Sentiment
Reading the news, I felt a pit in my stomach. I was struck by the physical reaction, knowing full well
The Pardon of Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the Rule of Law
In August, 2017, President Trump pardoned former Maricopa County (Arizona) Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who a federal court found guilty of