DACA Archives - Public Seminar

Migration

The Supreme Court’s DACA Ruling & Me

On being superfluous

July 1, 2020 • by José Ángel Navejas

When I crossed the border from Mexico in 1993, there were no doubts about what I would do once I arrived in Chicago: find a job in a factory, or wash dishes, or get down on my knees to scrub dirty toilets, whichever came first. In Mexico, I had grown ...

Education

Undocumented in the Ivory Tower

An excerpt from “Counternarratives from Women of Color Academics”

May 23, 2019 • by Alessandra Bazo Vienrich

Counternarratives from Women of Color Academics: Bravery, Vulnerability and Resistance documents the lived experiences of women of color academics who have leveraged their professional positions to challenge the status quo in their scholarship, teaching, service, activism, and leadership. By presenting reflexive work from various vantage points within and outside of the ...

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From Here and There: Diaspora Policies, Integration and Social Rights Beyond Borders

An excerpt and interview from Alexandra Délano Alonso and her latest book

May 27, 2018 • by Alexandra Délano Alonso

In From Here and There, Délano Alonso, Associate Professor and Chair of Global Studies at The New School, offers an exclusive insight into and a critical evaluation of an area of migration governance that is rarely discussed: the processes through which Mexico and other Latin American countries are establishing programs to give ...

From Here and There: Diaspora Policies, Integration and Social Rights Beyond Borders

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Toward Sanctuary Summits

Hosted by the Vera List Center for Art and Politics

February 12, 2018 • by The Editors

Keynote Conversation: Thursday, February 15, 7 – 8:30 pm The New School, Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street Stewardship Curriculum Workshop: Friday, February 16, 12:30 – 4:30 pm The New School, José Clemente Orozco Room, 66 West 12th Street, 7th floor Admission free. Please RSVP here for the Keynote and here for the Workshop. Just over a year into ...

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“They’re Not Sending Their Best”

The problem with the merit narrative in U.S. immigration

January 22, 2018 • by Sarah Sklaw

Gathered atop a boulder in Central Park the weekend after the Trump administration rescinded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), activists with the Cosecha movement channeled their frustration through a battle-worn bullhorn. Leading an estimated 3,000 protesters, Cosecha organizers marched from the Trump International Hotel in Columbus Circle, past the New ...

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NAFTA’s Long Shadow

Where immigration and economic policy meet

January 9, 2018 • by Sarah McNamara

Congressional Democrats and Republicans regularly play the blame game about why there’s no immigration reform. But each party fails to point the finger at one of the major culprits behind the contemporary immigration waves and this political morass: NAFTA. The signing of NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) in the 1990s ...

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DREAMers and Unions Rally at the Capital

Activists take to DC streets

December 14, 2017 • by Jo Freeman

On December 6, about two thousand union members and immigrants rallied at the nation's capitol to demand that young immigrants be allowed to stay in the US without fear of deportation. They want a DREAM Act which will provide a pathway to citizenship for young undocumented immigrants. In September, Donald Trump announced ...

DREAMers and Unions Rally at the Capital

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DACA, Louise Hay, & an All-Female Lord of the Flies

Past Present: Episode 100

September 14, 2017 • by Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer and Neil J. Young

In this episode, Natalia, Niki, and Neil debate the White House's announcement to end DACA, the death of New Age guru and publisher Louise Hay, and the prospect of an all-female Lord of the Flies remake.

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