Xitlalli Alvarez Almendariz

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The Damage Wrought: Immigration Before, Under, and After Trump

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The Damage Wrought: Immigration Before, Under, and After Trump

The anthropologists and activists gathered for this series have long been on the front lines fighting for migrant and racial justice. They have assisted familie... More

Introduction: The Damage Wrought

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Introduction: The Damage Wrought

As cruel and barbaric as the Trump administration’s immigration policies were, they were not a historical aberration. Nor have they entirely ended. These Hot Sp... More

The Whiteness of DACA

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The Whiteness of DACA

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a conditional form of temporary work authorization and deferment from deportation for im/migrants who arrived in ... More

Refusing “Undocumented”: Imagining Survival Beyond the Gift of Papers

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Refusing “Undocumented”: Imagining Survival Beyond the Gift of Papers

Audra Simpson (2014, 22) has described how accepting the supposed gift of citizenship from the U.S. or Canadian governments is an impossible project for the Ind... More