Far too often, immigrants are demonized and scapegoated, when they should be celebrated as heroes and revolutionaries. This book strings together both triumphant and painful stories of immigrants who blazed trails and broke barriers in their fight for American citizenship and fundamental human rights.
Far too often, immigrants are demonized and scapegoated, when they should be celebrated as heroes and revolutionaries. This book strings together both triumphant and painful stories of immigrants who blazed trails and broke barriers in their fight for American citizenship and fundamental human rights.
Prerna Lal (born 14 December 1984) is a naturalized United States citizen, born and raised in Fiji Islands with roots in the San Francisco Bay Area. Lal is an Indo-Fijian attorney, based in the Bay Area, California. Lal is also a founder of DreamActivist, an online advocacy network led by undocumented youth. Through the use of social media, Lal has been credited for organising an online network to stop the deportations of undocumented youth and is well known as one of the pivotal figures and leaders of the DREAM Act movement.[2] A clinical law professor, Lal is a frequent writer on immigration, racial justice, sexual orientation, and how these forces intersect. Lal is a graduate of The George Washington University Law School, and works as an immigration attorney.
Inhaltsangabe
I. Acknowledgements II. Foreword (Allegra) III. Citizenship Defining Who Belongs a. Dred Scott b. Wong Kim Ark c. Bhagat Singh Thind IV. Creating Exclusions I: Give Us Your Huddled Masses with Notable Exceptions V. Deporting Dissent VI. Deportation As Punishment The Marriage of Crime and Immigration VII. Queering Immigration: We re Here, We re Queer, and We aren t going anywhere VIII. Contemporary Immigrant Rights Heroes IX. Conclusion
I. Acknowledgements II. Foreword (Allegra) III. Citizenship Defining Who Belongs a. Dred Scott b. Wong Kim Ark c. Bhagat Singh Thind IV. Creating Exclusions I: Give Us Your Huddled Masses with Notable Exceptions V. Deporting Dissent VI. Deportation As Punishment The Marriage of Crime and Immigration VII. Queering Immigration: We re Here, We re Queer, and We aren t going anywhere VIII. Contemporary Immigrant Rights Heroes IX. Conclusion
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