World in Focus: Immigration Enforcement as Political Punishment
Join Einaudi Center experts for World in Focus Talks on global events in the news and on your mind. Our faculty's research and policy insights put the world in focus.
This year we’re hosting informal campus discussions on many Tuesday afternoons. This week’s topic:
In the United States and around the world, strict immigration enforcement and violence are being wielded as political tools. Recent U.S. actions include surveillance of communities, indiscriminate detainment, and violence against protestors. Despite being framed as necessary for the safety of citizens, these tactics are rooted in histories of slavery, the prison industrial complex, and xenophobia.
Does this type of enforcement infringe on rights? How can we understand current events through the lens of global and historical contexts? Do present-day immigration policies make communities safer?
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Featured Faculty
- Shannon Gleeson (Migrations) | Industrial and Labor Relations
- Tristan Ivory (EAP, IAD) | International and Comparative Labor
- Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer | Law
- Natasha Raheja (SAP) | Anthropology
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