Immigration
Table Talk
Prof. Brett Hoover studied the impact of immigration on Midwestern Catholic parishes, where even dinner table conversations revealed starkly different views of immigrants.
Calling All Angels
Whether the Catholic Church will shape the Los Angeles of the future may depend on its ability to call forth our better angels.
A Path to Dignity and Reform
Archbishop José H. Gomez defends Dreamers and immigration reform while receiving an honorary degree.
Standing With Dreamers
On Sept. 16, 2017, the Loyola Immigrant Justice Clinic (LIJC) at Loyola Law School held a free workshop to process DACA renewals for registrants whose protection from deportation and permission to work were about to expire.
Dreamscape
The DACA program and the fate of Dreamers now appear to be languishing in legislative limbo. LMU experts examine DACA’s prospects and make their best guess about its future.
DACA in Limbo
President Donald Trump rescinded the DACA program for immigrants who as children were brought to the U.S. by their parents. But he also invited Congress to weigh in on DACA’s ultimate fate. We asked faculty experts to talk about the program’s future.
American Limbo
An alumna who came to the United States as a 10-year-old writes about the importance of the DACA program. To shield her from possible deportation if DACA is rescinded, her identity is purposely being withheld.
A Conversation With Marissa Montes LLS ’12 and Emily Robinson LLS ’12
Lawyers at the LMU Loyola Law School discuss immigration issues and fears of deportation among DACA registrants and others who feel at the mercy of ICE.
Crossing Over
Matthew Campanella ’13 is an investigative reporter on “The Real Death Valley,” an immigration documentary hosted by reporter John Carlos Frey for The Weather Channel. The film focuses on Central Americans who make their way on a dangerous path through Brooks County, Texas, a throughway to U.S. cities to the north. While filming, Campanella and Frey also attempted the 40-mile sojourn. We asked Campanella to describe what he experienced while walking through Texas’ death valley.
Journey South
For three decades, Professor Rubén Martínez, Fletcher Jones Chair of Literature and Writing in the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, has described the intermingling of family, politics, culture and geography from Los Angeles to Zacatecas, El Salvador, and Guatemala City. His roots reach all of these places. In books, articles, interviews and a documentary, Martínez has drawn together the places of his and his ancestors’ lives, erasing borders that separate peoples and nations. When we invited Martínez to write an essay about political violence in Mexico, he gave us a story of his family.—The Editor