Today, Maggie and Angela chat with Dr. William Lopez, a Clinical Assisstant Professor on Health Behavior and Health Equity, a Senior Advisor on Poverty Solutions, and a Faculty Associate in Latino/a Studies at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. Here, they discuss how public health is tied to community as well as Dr. Lopez's public health research which draws methods from Anthropology, specifically considering the impact of deportation, and fear of deportation, on health by looking at ICE raids.

If you would like to get his book Seperated: Family and Community in the Aftermath of an Immigration Raid, click here: https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/12302/separated?srsltid=AfmBOooVwhTmLBOxPcKHzUOm0vJdNBntWbsqoQB8tGDCDLJbFyo8zIgA And be on the look out for his next book Project coming early fall 2025!

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In today's news brief, Tina highlights the recent actions by President Trump to deport Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador's notorious Terrorism Confinement Center, citing the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to justify this deportation. Tina then expands on judicial efforts to thwart these actions, shedding light especially on President Trump's choice to ignore negative decisions and to go ahead with the deportations. Amidst this legal battle, Tina magnifies the potential implications that this case could have on the efficacy of judicial review when it comes to presidential action in the remainder of the current presidential term.

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Today, Diana and Charlie interview Reyna Grande, an author and activist from Guerrero, Mexico who writes about the realities faced by undocumented youth in the United States. In this episode, Reyna shares with us the implications of the US-Mexico border on individuals, her process of writing fiction and memoirs, and the future for immigrants to the US.

If you would like to learn more about Reyna Grande and her books, check out her website: https://reynagrande.com/bio/. Grande's books can be found in numerous places, including Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Books-Reyna-Grande/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AReyna%2BGrande.

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In today’s news brief, Maggie highlights the effects of a recent executive order signed by President Trump on organizations supporting refugees. Specifically, Maggie focuses on the impacts of this executive order on Lutheran Services Carolinas, an organization in the local Columbia area near the University of South Carolina. The main challenges faced by LSC after this executive order have been economic, forcing LSC to lay off workers and even start a GoFundMe campaign to fund services of their New Americans resettlement program.

If you are interested in donating to the LSC and their efforts, you can donate here: https://lscarolinas.net/donate-onetime/.

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Today, Tina interviews Dr. Jason De León, a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he holds a split faculty position in the Department of Anthropology and Chicana/o Studies. Dr. De León's research interests revolve around theories of violence, materiality, Latin American migration, photoethnography, forensic science, and archaeology of the contemporary. He is the Executive Director of the Undocumented Migration Project (UMP), a long-term study of clandestine border crossing that uses a combination of ethnographic, archaeological, visual, and forensic approaches to understand this phenomenon in a variety of geographic contexts including the Sonoran Desert of Southern Arizona, Northern Mexican border towns, and the southern Mexico/Guatemala border.

If you are interested in learning more about Dr. De León's work, check out his website here: https://www.jasonpatrickdeleon.com/about

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In this news brief, Miranda gives an update regarding one of Trump's most recent executive orders to pause federal funding for USAID. While the executive order only pauses funding for 90 days, Miranda discusses how it has already had damaging impacts across several humanitarian crises, including food relief in Sudan and essential health services in Pakistan and Bangladesh. Miranda also emphasizes that for already struggling refugee communities, political pressure in the coming weeks will determine if this policy can be reversed and the damage can be undone.

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Today, Maggie and Angela interview Alexandra Diaz, the author of The Only Road. The Only Road is a children’s book inspired by true events that depicts the journey of two cousins, Jaime and Ángela, who migrate from Guatemala to seek refuge in the United States. In this episode, Diaz explains her research process, her own experiences as a child of refugees, and her hopes for her impact on the understanding of migrants by readers—adults and children alike.

If you're interested in learning more about The Only Road or Diaz's other publications, check out her website here: https://alexandra-diaz.com.

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In this news brief, Charlie gives an update regarding anti-immigrant executive actions by President Trump in his first two weeks in office. Those mentioned include the signing of the Laken Riley Act and the large-scale detention and deportation of undocumented immigrants in recent days. Charlie highlights international response to these actions, as well as the implications these actions may have on future disaster relief efforts. Charlie also gives advice on what to do if ICE shows up at your door. Know your rights and exercise them!

This information is current as of 1/31. As things are changing quickly, we recommend that you seek out news sources for more timely information.

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