ICE

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• 12/18/2022
  

  We Know About Fire. What Does Ice Tell Us About Humanity's Past and Future?

  by Fred Hogge

  Harnessing cold – both natural and artificially-created—has been a key support for human flourishing, but also a factor in the consumption of resources that imperils the environment. 

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  9/21/2021
  

  The Myth of "Open Borders"

  by Anna O. Law

  Recent efforts by Texas and other states to claim the power to apprehend suspected undocumented immigrants reflects a conflict of federalism that traces back to the efforts of slave states to control the movement of free Black people in their territories and of northern states to keep out poor immigrants.

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  6/28/2021
  

  Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s #Pride Tweet Conceals a Violent History

  by Jessica Ordaz and Alejandra Portillos

  "ICE’s message, that immigration enforcement and LGBTQ equality can be compatible, is dangerous because it conceals a violent history of immigration enforcement that has targeted and harmed LGBTQ people in the name of policing borders."

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  12/10/2020
  

  Immigration Cruelty Didn’t Start With Trump. Will It End Under Biden?

  by Elliott Young

  There is a long and ignoble history of cruelty toward immigrants in the United States, and the end of the Trump presidency will not change it by itself. 

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• SOURCE: The Intercept
  

  Homeland Security Wants to Erase its History of Misconduct

  U.S. Customs and Border Protection wants to destroy thousands of complaint records it claims have no historical value.

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• SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
  7/22/2020
  

  The Border Patrol’s Brute Power in Portland is the Norm at the Border

  by Karl Jacoby

  What’s happening in Oregon reflects the long history of unprecedented police powers granted to federal border agents over what has become a far more expansive border zone than most Americans realize. 

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• SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Education
  7/7/2020
  

  The Cruelty of ICE’s Guidance for International Students

  by Brian Rosenberg

  There is no soft-pedaling this: It is among the most mean-spirited policies we have seen from an administration that embraces meanness every day.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  4/20/2020
  

  The Coronavirus Is Testing America’s Commitment to People’s Constitutional Rights

  The government’s reaction to COVID-19 in jails and ICE detention facilities must follow settled legal precedent on acceptable conditions of confinement. The pandemic does not change that obligation.

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• SOURCE: Center for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
  3/16/2020
  

  Lawsuit: Ice Must Not Destroy Detainee Records

  NARA approved ICE’s request to begin destroying the records in December 2019, despite ongoing concerns and reports of widespread mistreatment of individuals detained in ICE custody.

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• SOURCE: Toward Freedom
  2/6/20
  

  A Victory for the Immigrants’ Rights Working Group of Historians for Peace and Democracy

  by Margaret Power and Alexander Aviña

  On January 5, 2020, the Business Meeting of the American Historical Association passed a resolution condemning affiliations between ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and higher education.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  2/4/20
  

  Why You May Never Learn the Truth About ICE

  by Matthew Connelly

  The National Archives is letting millions of documents, including many related to immigrants’ rights, be destroyed or deleted.

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• 1/22/20
  

  The History Behind the Border and Immigrant Detention Centers

  by HNN Staff

  Families are separated at the border and people are indefinitely detained in overcrowded facilties. How a panel at this year's AHA conference examined the history of immigration. 

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• SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed
  1/7/20
  

  Historians approve an anti-ICE resolution at AHA

  Historians approve an anti-ICE resolution but vote down anti-Israel proposals at their annual meeting. They also show support for nontenured colleagues.

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• SOURCE: Chicago Tribune
  7/15/19
  

  Chicago’s resistance to ICE raids recalls Northern states’ response to the Fugitive Slave Act

  by Kate Masur

  Almost 170 years later, the Fugitive Slave Act is viewed as one of the most repressive federal laws in all of American history. 

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• 7/15/18
  

  Abolishing ICE Doesn’t Go Far Enough

  by Elliott Young

  Abolishing ICE is like a demand to abolish fugitive slave catching. It’s a good move, but it’s not the same as abolishing slavery.

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• SOURCE: CNN
  7-2-18
  

  "Abolish ICE" is a massive political mistake

  by Julian Zelizer

  While focusing on ICE is an extremely important debate, and dismantling the agency might the be the best policy decision, it carries enormous short-term political risks for the Democrats going into the midterm elections.

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• 6/13/18
  

  Would the Trump Administration Separate Jesus from Mary and Joseph?

  by David B. Gowler

  The policy of separating children from their parents is horrific.