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Talking immigration prisons with poet Bobby LaFebre

Last week, Colorado Poet Laureate Bobby LaFebre and I shared a virtual stage to talk about immigration prisons in the United States. A wordsmith with a sharp sense of urban politics, LaFebre’s art is grounded in North Denver, a neighborhood that has beat with the energy of migrant populations for generations. In recent years, North Denver has also been the city’s gentrification epicenter.

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C-SPAN Book TV features “Migrating to Prison”

My in-person book tour came to a halt with Covid-19, but I’m pleased to share an appearance on BookTV, the C-SPAN program. This talk took place at BookBar in Denver, an independent bookstore where the selection of books is as good as the wine offerings.

Migrating to Prison

University of Denver law professor Cesar Cuauhtemoc Garcia Hernandez examines the issues of immigrants and imprisonment.

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Supreme Court decision highlights need for “New Way Forward” legislation

By Alisa Wellek and Nancy Morawetz

In a cruel ruling last month in Barton v. Barr, the Supreme Court upheld a Trump administration position that will deny many green card holders facing deportation the possibility of asking for relief. This decision will put more people at risk at a time when immigration detention and deportation have exacerbated the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and there is a national movement demanding decarceration and a halt to deportations.

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A conversation with Alina Das & Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia

On Monday, May 4, I’ll join two outstanding scholars and advocates, Alina Das and Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, to talk about immigration policing in the United States. Join us!

Professors Das and Wadhia both recently published books about various aspects of immigration law and policy. In No Justice in the Shadows: How America Criminalizes Immigrants, Das describes the demonizing bent of U.S. immigration law and law enforcement. In Banned: Immigration Enforcement in the Time of Trump, Wadhia focus...