Rebecca Hamlin
@rhamlin.bsky.social
Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science @ UMass Amherst. migration/refugees/displacement/colonial legacies/law/courts/administration. Author of Let Me Be a Refugee (OUP 2014) and Crossing: How We Label and React to People on the Move (SUP 2021).
Can’t wait to read this!
April 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Can’t wait to read this!
Reposted by Rebecca Hamlin
Running to the Supreme Court now is like hiding in the basement in a slasher movie.
April 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Running to the Supreme Court now is like hiding in the basement in a slasher movie.
Reposted by Rebecca Hamlin
I think I’m going to be thinking about this quote from Gordon Hirabayshi on the walls of the museum for a long time.
April 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I think I’m going to be thinking about this quote from Gordon Hirabayshi on the walls of the museum for a long time.
To invoke the Alien Enemies Act, the Trump admin has said that the Tren de Aragua gang IS the state of Venezuela and thus its members are akin to an invading army. Both things cannot be true. In fact, both are false. A gang is NOT an invading army, but ppl who flee them ARE often being persecuted.
March 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
To invoke the Alien Enemies Act, the Trump admin has said that the Tren de Aragua gang IS the state of Venezuela and thus its members are akin to an invading army. Both things cannot be true. In fact, both are false. A gang is NOT an invading army, but ppl who flee them ARE often being persecuted.