What happens to civil liberties and human rights when executive power expands, courts are tested like never before, and even birthright citizenship is being attacked? We’ll break down the stakes for democracy, equality and the rule of law in Trump’s second term.Join us to learn what’s at risk - and what we can do about it…
Join advocates, policy professionals and experts for an emergency roundtable discussing recent immigration policies and laws and their local impacts.Sponsorship of an event does not constitute institutional endorsement of external speakers or views presented.
Case Summary: In Plyler v. Doe (1982), four Mexican-American families challenged a Texas law that withheld from public schools any state funds for educating undocumented children. Their own school district was charging $1000 per undocumented child to compensate for lost funding.
Join us for a public panel featuring several New Jersey-based food access organizations on a discussion about local food security and shifting needs amid the current political climate. Discussion will center around emerging federal policy on health, nutrition, immigration, social safety nets, and the inclusion and access of…
Join us as authors Ulla Berg and Aldo Lauria Santiago discuss their recent publication: Latinas/os in New Jersey: Histories, Communities, and Cultures with panel members Kathleen López and Melanie Plasencia. Moderated by Princeton University Professor of Sociology Patricia Fernandez Kelly.
Gabriella Sanchez: "Dismantling Smuggling: The Race Against Irregular Migration in the Americas"
DetailsThe smuggling of migrants is high on the security agenda of countries around the world. In the Americas, states have repeatedly expressed their commitment to combat the proliferation of this crime and to protect migrants from transnational smuggling networks, particularly in response to U.S. government demands to curb…
A talk featuring author, Josh Cowen about his new book, "The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Voucher", a deep-dive investigation of education privatization that reveals voucher programs as the faulty products of decades of work by wealthy patrons and influential conservatives.
