“Transnational Migration Deterrence and the Possibilities for #AbolishIce”
Race and US Empire Working Group
November 18, 2020
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Race and US Empire Working Group:
“Transnational Migration Deterrence and the Possibilities for #AbolishIce”
Wednesday, November 18, 2-3:30 pm CST, via Zoom (link below)
With Jenna Loyd (University of Wisconsin-Madison, Geography)
Naomi Paik (UIUC, Asian American Studies)
Alison Mountz (Wilfrid Laurier University, Geography and Global Migration)
Moderators:
Patrisia Macias Rojas (UIC, Sociology & Latin American and Latino Studies) Nicole Nguyen (UIC, Educational Policy Studies)
The specter of further border fortification together with horrifying images of overcrowded detention facilities and stranded asylum seekers have brought renewed attention to US migration and asylum policy. This panel traces how rounds of racialized crisis going back to the 1970s have resulted in the construction of the world’s largest system of deterrence, detention, and deportation. It argues that any campaign to end the horrors of family separation and detention must address the transnational deterrence policies in which they are rooted.
Co-sponsored with IRRPP
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qwvE89OmSWWKZP5fmmOvIA
Date posted
Oct 22, 2020
Date updated
Nov 4, 2020