Guest: Ramzi KassemRamzi Kassem is Professor of Law at the City University of New York where he is the founding director of the CLEAR project and the co-director of the Immigrant & Non-Citizen Rights Clinic. He joins us to discuss the impact t

Episode Seven: The Experience Of Black Immigrants In America

Feb 18th, 2020 39m 46s

US immigration and criminal justice policy has been defined by the countries racist foundations. Because of this inescapable reality, Black immigrants often face a double subjugation from the state, disproportionately experiencing the structura

Episode Six: DACA and the Student Struggle Against Deportation

Nov 25th, 2019 44m 4s

Guest: Professor Shirley LeyroWhat does belonging mean to undocumented students in CUNY? How does the threat of deportation impact the emotional well-being of those students dreaming for a better life through higher education? Professor Shirle

Episode Five: Domestic Violence and La Migra

Nov 25th, 2019 1h 10m

Guest: Professor Yolanda Ortiz-Rodriguez & Professor Jayne MooneyProfessor Yolanda Ortiz-Rodriguez and Professor Jayne Mooney on the issues facing immigrant women who have survived domestic violence, and the way in which intersectionality and

Episode Four: Criminal Deportation and the Structural Violence of Immigration Court

Nov 25th, 2019 1h

Guest: Professor Sarah Tosh“Crimmigration” is a sociolegal concept that refers to the increasing amalgamation of the criminal justice and immigration enforcement systems. Professor Sarah Tosh discusses how this has resulted in a deportation pi

Episode Three: Detain and Deport

Nov 25th, 2019 44m 10s

Guest: Professor Nancy HiemstraA carceral logic has gripped the US states approach to poverty and criminality since the neoliberal turn in the 1980s. Professor Nancy Hiemstra examines how this has extended to immigration enforcement in ways th

Episode Two: Empire of Borders

Nov 25th, 2019 43m 6s

Guest: Todd MillerBefore a migrant reaches US soil they must contend with the hard US border. Award winning journalist Todd Miller discusses the extension of the US border into the global south, and the increasing securitization and militari

Episode One: The Genealogy of the Deportation Regime

Nov 25th, 2019 36m 23s

Guest: Professor David Brotherton What is the deportation regime? In our first episode, we will discuss with Professor David Brotherton the history of forced removal in the United States, and the reaction of academia to this phenomenon.

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Nov 25th, 2019 2m 31s

They are just Deportees is an innovative new podcast from the Social Anatomy of a Deportation Regime at John Jay College. Over the course of this podcast series Darializa Avila Chevalier and Nick Rodrigo will be interviewing scholars, journalis

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