Insisting on Immigrant Belonging, 46 and Beyond

The federal response to immigration has shifted under the Biden administration, but executive orders alone cannot undo the historical stigma, violence and exploitation suffered by immigrant communities. What stories, hopes and continued activism should define this political moment? Join us for a conversation about immigration rhetoric, policy enforcement and possibility in the United States.

Guests:
William D. Lopez, Clinical Assistant Professor in Health Behavior & Health Education at the University of Michigan. Author of Separated: Family and Community in the Aftermath of an Immigration Raid.

Angela S. García, Assistant Professor in the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice at the University of Chicago. Author of Legal Passing: Navigating Undocumented Life and Local Immigration Law.

Adam Goodman, Assistant Professor of History and Latin American & Latino Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Author of The Deportation Machine: America's Long History of Expelling Immigrants.

Moderator: Jean Guerrero, Investigative Journalist. Author of Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda.

This conversation is the first of NCID's series — Forgotten Bodies: Conversations on Research and Recognition. This series elevates research that inspires or demands new paradigms of human dignity. The title is borrowed from poet Claudia Rankine’s declaration, “I am invested in keeping present the forgotten bodies.” Each conversation provides models of relevant, necessary research that resists past patterns of exclusion and expands our sense of community. Authors will discuss recent projects, the process of writing as a political act and their vision for informing activism, policy and practice.