June 2018

This piece puts the US Supreme Court’s upholding of the travel ban in an historical context. Supporters argued that the ban was about national security rather than racism; opponents that it was about racism rather than national security. But both sides separated logics that haven’t been separable: ideas of national…

C-SPAN June 22, 2018 A panel of historians discussed U.S. immigration policies and migration patterns to America dating back to the late 19th century. The topics covered in a session titled “The Geopolitics of Migration” include Chinese and Mexican immigration, travel restrictions in the civil rights era, and the criteria…