Sixty years ago today, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Immigration Amendments Act of 1965, ending race and nationality bars on immigrant admissions. My forthcoming book analyzes this struggle and how it continues to play out today.

At first I laughed out loud. Then I realized Trump wants to put the last nail in the coffin of the American revolution. Maybe King Charles would make him Lord Donald, the Duke of Berghof.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-interested-in-king-charles-secret-offer-to-join-commonwealth/

The metamorphosis from U.S. soldier to domestic terrorist is not new (e.g. McVeigh, Meltzer, Hassan, Card), and the two New Years domestic terrorist attacks apparently committed by military members should compel us to develop multi-faceted mental health programs for our soldiers. Driver in Las Vegas Cybertruck blast was decorated US army soldier, officials say https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/02/cybertruck-explosion-driver-las-vegas?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Given Trump’s pronouncements over the weekend, my 2018 OpEd in The Hill is timely again. #birthrightcitizenship https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/398865-theres-no-place-like-home/

In 2018, I tangled with John Eastman on #birthrightcitizenship at a National Constitution Center town hall. The brilliant Jaya Ramji-Nogales was also on the panel. https://constitutioncenter.org/news-debate/podcasts/what-is-citizenship

I clearly have mixed feelings that my 2020 JMHS article “More than a Wall: The Rise and Fall of the U.S. Asylum and Refugee Policy” is trending again. The table of ABCs of Trump policies of Abandoning, Blocking & Criminalizing asylum seekers is the reason. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2331502420948847

It was an honor to join Doris Meissner in a segment that Lisa Desjardins did on immigration for PBS NewsHour https://pbs.org/video/on-the-border-1703192921?source=social