Event Description
The Crimmigration Working Group is excited to host its second Teach-In of the semester! This session will feature a roundtable discussion on Jonathan Simon’s Refugees in a Carceral Age: The Rebirth of Immigration Prisons in the United States (1998). Participants are encouraged to share their insights, though prior reading is not required, as the organizers will provide a summary of the article’s key points to kick off the conversation.
The goal of this Teach-In is to reflect on how scholars like Simon conceptualized the intersections of criminal and immigration law, while also considering current scholarly themes, critiques of existing literature, and future directions for research on crimmigration.
Speakers
Daisy Trujillo is a third-year Ph.D. student in the Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program at Berkeley Law. Her research examines the intersection of the U.S. criminal legal system and the immigration system, with particular attention to the social and legal implications that emerge from this overlap.
Mariel Bustamante is a third-year Ph.D. student in the Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program at Berkeley Law. Her research explores the complexities of the U.S.–Mexico border, focusing on how border regimes shape surrounding regions, including the development of prisons and deportation centers.
Co-sponsorship
Presented by the Crimmigration Working Group, supported by CLACS.