📣 Ecuador: Retrospects, Prospects & The Future Of South America
Join us for an open discussion on the dilemmas and successes shaping Ecuador's future.
📆April 29th
⏰2-4 pm
📍School Of International Service, Founders Room
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Getting started now at AU Mass. Ave. SVB 5th floor.
Migrant shelter in northern Mexico receiving not only international migrants but also internally displaced people. In this case from Guerrero, Mexico.
Today, we welcomed MasPaz for ”Immigration: the Secret Sauce Of U.S. Innovation” a 250+ at AU event
This discussion covered his artistic practice— highlighting how it intersects with immigration, Latin American culture and activism
Stay tuned for future CLALS and Immigration Lab events!
For AU's Professor Ernesto Castañeda, Noem's footprint is significant. “Much of the Latino community in the United States is terrified, depressed and imprisoned, in either detention centers or their apartments and houses."
Immigrants who sought asylum during border surge under increasing pressure stateline.org/2026/04/08/i...
After Title 42 ending, “For the first time in U.S. history, there were many big programs to temporarily house and feed the newcomers,” Castañeda said. “People (in New York City) talked about the food cards they got, or the free meals, or the hotel rooms, and that got a lot of the media attention”
American University Chamber Singers
THE DISPLACED
including the North American Premiere of Mikael Carlsson’s Requiem
Saturday, April 11, 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 12, 3 pm
Daniel Abraham, director
Katzen Arts Center, Abramson Family Recital Hall
4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20016
Helms-Burton 30 Years Later: Cuba, the U.S. & the Embargo 📣
Scholars & legal experts unpack its roots, legacy & global impact.
🗓 Apr. 20
⏰ 1–4:30 PM
📍 MGC 307
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Why is the SAVE America Act a bad idea? Maria Teresa Kumar breaks it down.
Why should Latinos vote in 2025? Rep. Joaquin Castro breaks it down: rising prices fueled by the Iran War, and an administration actively targeting Latino communities. Watch. Share. Vote
Immigration: The Secret Sauce of Innovation 📣
Join MasPaz — a Colombian multidisciplinary artist — for a discussion highlighting the intersections of immigration, art making, and innovative design.
📆 April 13th
📍Mary Graydon Center, 306
⏰10:00-12:00 p.m.
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Digital Detention about ICE's Alternatives to Detention Program at Georgetown Law next week. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the movie director, Carolina Sanchez-Boe (Brown, Paris), Denise Gilman (professor of immigration law at Georgetown and UT/Texas) and Marianna Poyares.
California Proposition 187 passed in 1994. It was an anti-immigration measure to deny public education, non-emergency medical care, and social services to undocumented immigrants. It was deemed unconstitutional by federal courts and never implemented, yet it triggered a major political shift in Cal.
~0.4% of farmers in California reported losing workers directly to farm raids, according to Calif Farm Bureau & Michigan State. But >14% said the raids & general anxiety surrounding immigration enforcement caused worker shortages. Among crops like fruit & vegetables, that number was nearly 20%~
One year ago, over 200 innocent immigrants and asylum seekers were sent to El Salvador's CECOT without the government alerting them, their families, or their lawyers about where they would be sent to and how, violating due process, 1/4
Thankful for the invitation to deliver the opening keynote about how anti-immigrant policies are counterproductive and harm immigrants, legal residents, citizens, the economy, international standing & democratic institutions. to the #IMISCOE organizers at #CEDEM #LiègeUniversité #Belgium !
In a news report, farmers discuss anxieties about the economic effects of these deportations and what these ongoing operations could mean for the future of their industries.
America's status as the top destination for global talent is being shattered.
The Administration only just published (!) what happened last summer to international student visa issuances. It's grim.
From the indispensable @karinfischer.bsky.social @chronicle.com —> chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
US losing people, immigrants, and citizens.
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There are caricatures of immigrant neighborhoods as being dangerous or exclusionary. But social science research in the United States and Europe finds that immigrant neighborhoods are consistently more diverse than what business signs would indicate. 1/3
Immigrants are economic engines. They revitalize neighborhoods. They are key for urban growth and vibrancy. Learn more about the overwhelming evidence about the positive impact of immigration and how the big picture and a long-term view contradict street promenades and stereotypes.
In this episode of Immigration Nuance in 60 Seconds, Angella Pulido addresses the misconception that immigration negatively impacts local job markets by presenting data from sources that indicate immigrants create jobs.
Last day for Eagles across the AU community to show up for Giving Day! Every gift helps strengthen the AU experience, expand opportunities for students, and supports ongoing research initiatives! #augivingday
Eagles across the AU community are showing up for Giving Day. Every gift helps strengthen the AU experience, expand opportunities for students, and supports ongoing research initiatives! #augivingday
The Trump administration does not understand remittances at all, and neither does the far-right in countries like Guatemala. As someone who sends remittances home to my wife, I can attest that most of my money goes to costs here in the U.S. and it goes to helping my partner as we wait for her visa*
📣 Happening next Wednesday
We are pleased to invite Bernadette Ludwig for a talk on her book "Unwelcome Shores: Black Refugees in America," a study of the Liberian refugee community in Staten Island, New York, that sheds light on the racism they have experienced on their migration journey.
Halftime performance showed how most Latinos love America, even if some parts of America do not love them back.
It showed the reality that Latinos and Spanish are part of America's culture, its history, present & future.
As references to salsa show, this is not a new phenomenon but a good reminder.
