Immigration Law and Policy

This course examines the history of immigration law and policy in the U.S., with a particular focus on the historical, political, and cultural conditions shaping immigration law and policy. In addition, the course looks at the history of the immigrant rights movement and immigrant community organizing, and explores the diversity of immigrant communities in the Washington, D.C. area. Students will develop their capacities for civic engagement by writing letters to elected officials about immigration law and policy and developing policy proposals of their own.