Blackness & Immigration in the Era of ICE

Session Type: Workshop

Abstract

This symposium brings together scholars whose work interrogates the intersections of Blackness, immigration, and racialized state power in the contemporary era of intensified border policing and anti-immigrant sentiment. Despite the growing visibility of immigration debates in U.S. political and educational discourse, Black immigrants—particularly those from Africa and the Caribbean—remain largely absent from dominant narratives about race and migration. This session centers the experiences and epistemologies of Black immigrants to expose how immigration policy, enforcement practices, and racial ideologies work together to sustain anti-Blackness across borders.

Sub Unit

• Division G - Social Context of Education

Chair

• Chonika Coleman-King, University of Florida

Participants

• Patriann Smith, University of South Florida

• Takeshia Pierre, Tufts University

• Thacher Tracion Loutin, University of Florida

• L. Clara Mabour, Tufts University

• Neisha Terry Young, Stony Brook University - SUNY

Session Organizer

• Cleveland Hayes, Indiana University - Indianapolis