Migration

Combatting the Stereotype of the “Criminal” Immigrants

by: Shuyuan Shen On March 16, 2019, 50 people were killed and 50 others were wounded in the Christchurch mosque attack in New Zealand. Muslim immigrants again became the focal point in the discussion on Chinese social media. The prevailing commentary on Chinese social media blamed immigrants for the violence, despite the fact that they …

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The Other Family Separation Issue

by: Patrick Calderon When I was in McAllen, Texas, last summer to interview migrants and humanitarian workers for an immigration-related research project, news broke in major media outlets that US authorities were separating immigrant children from their parents at the southern border with Mexico. I was heartened by how Republicans and Democrats alike raised their …

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