Alexis Torres Machado (a.k.a. ATM) the author of the song “For My Immigrants,” is an undocumented immigrant from Uruguay. He is currently a DACA recipient and is a theater major and senior at Rutgers University-Newark. He found out he was undocumented at a very young age, like most children. He worked in collaboration with Newest Americans, who knew the song “ha[d] the potential to become an anthem for undocumented youth across the country,” as stated on their website. The music video rallied friends and family of ATM to be in the video with him. They include Marisol Conde-Hernandez, a Rutgers […]
This week, the Center for Immigration Law, Policy and Justice held its first Citizenship Class in collaboration with the New-York Historical Society, New York’s first museum. We were able to reach out to the Rutgers community and the greater Newark community, so its residents would benefit from these classes. There was a students, from Mexico all the way to China and from young adults attending college to older adults with established careers. The mix of people in the class reflects the make up of this country. The New-York Historical Society takes a historical approach to the classes. They not only […]
In celebration of Black History Month, the Rutgers Center for Immigration Law, Policy and Justice, and Association of Black Law Students (ABLS) hosted a lecture by speaker Professor Martha Jones from John Hopkins University, along with further comments by Professor Elise Boddie. This lecture, which drew a standing room, enlightened audiences with the origins and struggle for birthright citizenship in the United States. Under the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, a person acquires birthright citizenship based on being born in the United States. Professor Jones’s book, Birthright Citizen, offers a new historical perspective on how free African Americans fought […]
It’s Black History Month! In celebration of this important month, the Center for Immigration Law, Policy and Justice and the Association of Black Law Students will host a lecture by Professor Martha Jones, Ph. D. on Wednesday, February 6th, from 12:15 pm to 1:15 pm. Professor Jones will discuss her book, Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and rights in Antebellum America. Professor of Law, Elise Boddie, a former director of litigation for the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund will provide comments with her expertise in constitutional law. Birthright Citizens explores the triumphs of African American activist […]