Topic: Immigration
Associate Professor McDowell writes about issues of race in family therapy
Teresa McDowell, associate professor of counseling psychology:
McDowell coauthored an article titled “Race, class, gender and migration: Family therapy with a Peruvian couple” in the Journal of Systemic Therapies (37), 30-43.
Associate Professor of Law Juliet Stumpf analyzes illegal immigration case
Juliet Stumpf, associate professor of law, believes that the recent prosecution of 270 illegal immigrants working in a meatpacking plant with false documents was “a startling intensification of the criminalization of immigration law.” The workers have been sentenced to five months in prison, followed by an immediate deportation. Stumpf also discussed these issues on the nationally broadcast radio program “Across the Nation with Bob Dunning,” on Friday, May 30 and was featured in the article “Comienzan a encarcelar a indocumentados” in La Tribuna Hispana USA.
The New York Times (New York, N.Y.) 270 illegal immigrants sent to prison in in federal push
Associate Professor of Law Juliet Stumpf discusses “Crimmigration”
Juliet Stumpf, associate professor of law:
On January 3, Stumpf presented on a panel titled “Crimmigration” at the 2008 AALS Annual Meeting.
Undergraduates travel to Oaxaca, Mexico to document immigration
A feature on alternative spring break programs details Lewis & Clark’s immigration history course, US-Mexico Borderlands, which traveled to Oaxaca and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 22-29 to document Oaxacan immigration to Oregon. Read more here.
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.) Breaking away
Associate Professor of Law Juliet Stumpf publishes article on “Crimmigration”
Juliet Stumpf, associate professor of law:
Stumpf published an article in the December issue of the American University Law Review, 267 (56). The article is titled “The Crimmigration Crisis: Immigrants, Crime & Soverign Power.”
Elliott Young comments on workplace raid
Associate Professor of History and Director of Latin American and Ethnic Studies at Lewis & Clark College Elliott Young reacts to a recent workplace raid in Portland, which led to the apprehension of 167 immigrant laborers, in an Op-Ed detailing his views about their detention and the exploitation of immigrant workers.

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