CHLS3888: Abajo Con La Migra: Immigration and the Latino/a Experience

As part of a longer tradition in Latino/a/x radical thought, this upper-division, interdisciplinary course explores the experiences of migrants from Latin America to the United States in the 20th and 21st centuries, and its roots in colonialism from previous centuries. It will consider the transnational context in which migrants cross borders by investigating not only their reception in the United States, but the complex processes occurring within their homelands as well. The class will also explore migrant engagements with U.S. society, pre-existing Latino/a/x and other ethnic communities, and experiences within the political, economic, and social aspects of life at the local and global level. At central issue will be the role of U.S. foreign policy in Latin America that contributes to the context in which people migrate, development of border patrolling as a key part of U.S. immigration policy, the cultural and social innovations created out of the process of diaspora, the relationship among different Latina/o/x groups and the emergence of ?Latinidad? in the U.S., and the historical and ongoing struggle for immigrant rights.

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