Torrie Hester works at Saint Louis University and studies US deportation policy.
Missouri, USA
Joined January 2021
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Look out Chicago, me and @CaroOrtega_17 are getting the band back together and coming through the @NewberryLibrary to talk Mexican migration and the Midwest.
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The power of Latinx History in action. Read the order and see the judge learning history taught in Mexican American & Latinx history courses in higher ed.
Imagine if more people had access to truthful histories of immigration & the border. @klytlehernandez @MigrationCollab
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NEW MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: Historian @rachelidatweets joins @MigrationCollab from @UWM. She specializes in immigration, transnational cultural politics of the Cold War, and diasporic cultural citizenship. #MiSC
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NEW MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: Historian Brenden Rensink joins @MigrationCollab from @BYUHistory, where he specializes in transnational Indigenous histories, cultural and environmental history of Western American wilderness experience, and more. Welcome, @BrendenWRensink! #MiSC
Yesterday a Nevada district judge took a step to decriminalize immigration! If you want history on the larger effort, I wrote a short piece, Can the Courts Decriminalize Immigration publicbooks.org/can-the-cour…
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We won!!! In Nevada, Judge Du has declared 1326 (unlawful entry into the US) to be racist and therefore unconstitutional.
Like an earthquake shaking the federal mass incarceration system to its core, Judge Du in Nevada rules the illegal reentry statute unconstitutional because of its racist origins in US v Carrillo Lopez. webshare.law.ucla.edu/CILP/N… @KaraHartzler @Ingrid_Eagly @folksmove @SirineShebaya
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A court issued a major decision on “illegal entry” yesterday. For historical background,👇🏽
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Essential reading from @prof_erikalee, @irpinaingiro, and @IHirsi
What has happened to immigrants in the US during the pandemic?
As part of our immigration series with @MigrationCollab, @irpinaingiro @prof_erikalee, and @IHirsi explore how the virus has aided Trump-era migration policy:
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Great essay by @HesterTorrie! Many thanks to @gerry_cadava, @ANaomiPaik, and @MigrationCollab for this initiative and to @PublicBooks for their help bringing the series to fruition!
Essay 3 for this week, "Can the Courts Decriminalize Immigration?" By Torrie Hester. It's the 8th essay overall in our @PublicBooks immigration series! @MigrationCollab publicbooks.org/can-the-cour…
Thanks Cat Ramírez for commissioning my article and your thoughtful comments early on. Thank you also to Kara Hartzler, Kelly Lytle Hernández, and Ingrid Eagly!
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Thank you to Public Books for publishing my article publicbooks.org/can-the-cour…