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Ernesto Castañeda
@ernestocast
Director Immigration Lab, Center for Latin American and Latino Studies
Director of the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies and the Immigration Lab, American University, Washington DC.
43 Posts
REUNITED: Immigrant Minors after Family Separation
“Timely, meticulously researched and argued, Reunited deftly weaves the voices of Central American youth migrants into cutting-edge scholarly arguments to produce a compelling account that is inspiring, humane, and powerful. Essential reading for scholars, students, policymakers, Immigrants are not the cause of housing insecurity
People have said the same thing in the past about Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, German, Polish, Italian, or Irish people,” Castaneda said. “Now some of the descendants of people who experienced xenophobia repeat the trope.” Mexicans Voting Abroad
Ernesto Castañeda, “Since the early 2000s, there has been a theoretical and aspirational discussion about allowing Mexicans living abroad to vote in Mexican elections, to recognize Mexicans abroad as still deeply engaged socially (through family connections), economically (throug Economic Growth in US Depends on Immigrants
A new report from CLALS and the Immigration Lab finds that recent immigrants are a key driver of economic growth. Only in 2022: Immigrants who remit contributed over $2.2 trillion dollars to the U.S. about 8% of the U.S. GDP. Given the widespread misinformation and politicization of immigration, I am happy to announce the forthcoming book "Immigration Realities: Challenging Common Misperceptions" by Carina Cione and yours truly. To be published by Columbia University Press around August 2024. At C-SPAN discussing Marie Arana's Latinoland Mayorkas' Impeachment is a blame-shifting distraction
Republicans who control the chamber blame Mayorkas, the first immigrant and first Latino to lead his department, for record-high migrant crossings at the US-Mexico border during much of Biden’s term. Ernesto Castañeda, director of CLALS-AU, called the case “weak,” pointing out th http://bit.ly/3OxfPNY OMG! I bet this is best 10sec video you will see today. #joy #justice #Law -n-Order
