So much to process rn. Arellano has some excellent thoughts on what’s next.

Quick trip to Notre Dame Law on this jam packed Tuesday. Honored to have served on a panel addressing sanctuary & asylum and happy to have spoken with future and current attorneys working the frontlines on immigration as part of the Global Human Rights Clinic. Thnx! Victoria Foley for facilitating.

Friends, I couldn’t be happier to share that last week I earned tenure at Amherst College.

I’m indebted to my family, friends, and mentors along the way. Thanks for your encouragement, advice, and, hospitality.

Getting ahead of the printer in July 2026 :)

Beyond troubling. Pastor Woolf’s showing that faith calls for resistance. See his attached essay from this week.

Book flyer showing cover of Immigration + Apocalypse, with panelists Lloyd Barba, Amherst College, Melissa Borja, University of Michigan, Willie James Jennings, Yale Divinity School, Jennifer Kaalund, Independent Scholar, Tat-siong Benny Liew, College of the Holy Cross, Roberto Mata, Santa Clara University, Moderated by Jacqueline Hidalgo, University of San Diego. Co-sponsored by AAR Politics & Migration, SBL Asian and Asian-American Hermeneutics, Bible in America, John's Apocalypse & Cultural Contexts Ancient and Modern, Latino/a/e and Latin American Biblical Interpretation.

Come to my book review panel at #AARSBL2025 ! A cross-organization, interdisciplinary joint session, Sat. Nov 22 @ 1-3:30 Hynes Convention Center 201 -- if not for me, then to hear one of these fabulous panelists! @jaxhidalgo.bsky.social @elprofebarba.bsky.social

Enjoyed the conversation!

Excellent work here by USC Phd student Christian Pattavina!

Job: Latinx religious studies "The Latina/o Studies Program at Williams College welcomes applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Latinx religious studies and/or the study of spiritual practices, broadly and interdisciplinarily defined."
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The Future of Sanctuary - Dissent Magazine Sanctuary activists face new challenges under Trump’s second term—but their work has always entailed great personal risk.

New piece by @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social and @elprofebarba.bsky.social in @dissentmag.bsky.social: "The Future of Sanctuary"

www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...

Truly enjoyed working on this w/ @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social and thnx to the superb team at @dissentmag.bsky.social

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Too kind!

“An Historic and Hallowed Principle in Religious Life:” The Usable Sacred Histories of the 1980s Sanctuary Movement ABSTRACT. This article draws on numerous primary sources to tease out the “usable sacred histories” that Sanctuary Movement congregations of the 1980s invo

My latest in JAAR. This time on the “usable sacred histories” of the Sanctuary Movement.

Shoutout to @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social
and the American Religion workshops at Stanford and Princeton led by @kginlum.bsky.social and Nicole Myers Turner, respectively.

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Thnx! Hope it inspires and moves!

Thnx for sharing! Glad I can contribute!

Happening tmrw!

Collabs w/ @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social are the best! Here’s another one and special thnx to @dissentmag.bsky.social !

Awww thnx!!

Thanks! Just got your new book, btw!

Grateful for this opportunity to finish my next book “A Refuge of Resistance: A History of the US Sanctuary Movement” 🙏

Much appreciated!

The history of sanctuary is a history of organizing that has guidance for us now. Grateful to @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social and @elprofebarba.bsky.social for their incredible work.

Sanctuary Cities Are Not New Since the 1980s, communities have challenged deportations by crafting sanctuary city policies.

@elprofebarba.bsky.social and I are in TIME today sharing our thoughts on the history of sanctuary cities, a social movement practice now forty years old.

Thanks to @carlygoodman.bsky.social for all of your editing, couldn't have done it without you!

time.com/7264323/sanc...

Happy to share my new “Spotlight Analysis” for @prripoll.bsky.social.
Migrant crime is the Trump administration’s key propaganda piece, so, an aggressive media campaign is in place to swell this already high-tide of xenophobia.

www.prri.org/spotlight/wh...

Mapping U.S. Sanctuary Policies Welcome to our story map about local immigration sanctuary policies passed from 2001-2014 in the United States. We are glad you are here!Note: Due to the interactive features and data intensity of thi...

Interested in learning about local immigration sanctuary policies in the U.S.?

Check out "Mapping U.S. Sanctuary Policies."

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A few more

A bevy of Beecher books from my personal collection for class today as we wrapped up Stowe’s religious biography. I lowkey wonder what Henry (Amherst class of 1834) would have to say about all this 🤔

Happy to see this getting more coverage in Spanish media and had a great conversation with Patricia Caro at El País…we chatted about a wide range of topics but lots of big issues and major players sort of conversation.

Trump won't block immigration arrests in houses of worship. Now these 27 religious groups are suing More than two-dozen Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans have filed a federal court lawsuit challenging a Trump administration move giving immigration agents more leeway to m...

More big news on all things sanctuary and freedom of religion…also churches see attendance drop for fear of deportations.

apnews.com/article/immi...

Congrats to Cara & Lauren and thanks to @gerardomarti.bsky.social & Jonathan for the smooth collab!