Trump’s Executive Orders on Immigration (January 25, 2017):
Teaching Resources
Resource for Teaching & Learning about anti-Muslim Racism in the United States: https://islamophobiaisracism.wordpress.com/
Opposing Islamophobia and Doing it Well: Opposing Islamophobia – final
from Single Stop:
On Monday, April 24, 2017 we will host an Immigration Clinic at the BMCC Express, 255 Greenwich Street, from 1p.m. to 6p.m.
The event offers an opportunity to sit with an attorney to discuss individual concerns that you may have regarding immigration, as well as assistance with preparing citizenship applications. This event requires that you make an appointment. Appointments are limited, so please come to our office in room S-235 as soon as possible to schedule an appointment.
If you have any questions about the event, please feel free to contact the Single Stop office in room S235 or call (212) 220-8195.
Bader, Eleanor J. “As End of DACA Looms, Colleges and Organizers Ramp Up Efforts to Protect Undocumented Students.” Truthout (January 25, 2017)
“CRIMMIGRATION”
Aja, Alan and Alejandra Marchevsky. “How Immigrants Became Criminals” Boston Review (2017)
Jaffe, Sarah. Interview with Aly Wane The Baffler (2017)
BROKEN WINDOWS
Call for end to Broken WIndows policing by 5Boro Defenders (Jan 30, 2017)
“Sanctuary Cities in Name Only” by Shakeer Rahman & Robin Steinberg (Feb 15, 2017, NY Times)
Collection of teaching resources from Radical Teacher:
Goodfriend, Hilary. A demand for sanctuary (2017), Jacobin
Sample Syllabus Language
Sample 1: This is a space of respect and dignity of everyone in this class. This classroom will be a space where the targeting of students based on their identities, beliefs, appearances, or immigration statuses will not be tolerated. As an educator, I fully support the rights of all students to pursue their education and to live free from the fear of deportation; prison; Islamophobia; anti-Semitism; anti-black racism; racist and xenophobic violence; homophobic, transphobic and sexual violence; ableism; and, other forms of hatred and discrimination. If you have any concerns about deportation and/or any issues that are interfering with your autonomy, safety, and mobility, please feel free to speak with me. I will respect your wishes concerning confidentiality. (Contributor: Soniya Munshi)
Sample 2: This is a space of respect -respect to life, and dignity of everyone in this class. This includes respecting how each student identifies themselves to be. Therefore, in this classroom:
*black lives matter
*Muslims are not terrorists
*Latinx are not rapists or criminals
*we respect women, trans, lesbian, gay, and queer students as much as straight men. One is not more valuable than the other just because of their sexual/gender identity, role and orientation.
*Undocumented students have every right to safety as their documented counterparts.
As an educator, I fully support the rights of undocumented students to an education and to live free from the fear of deportation. If you have any concerns in that regard, feel free to discuss them with me, and I will respect your wishes concerning confidentiality. Furthermore, I am committed to resisting any and all attacks on immigrants, including threats of deportation, and will urge CUNY to serve as a sanctuary. I am committed to making CUNY a sanctuary campus for undocumented immigrants, not just in word but in deed – through the campus community refusing to allow ICE to enter our campus and refusing to cooperate with and struggling to prevent any government attempts to ascertain the immigration status of members of our community or to detain or deport undocumented immigrants. (Contributor: Shirley Leyro)
