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DESCRIPTION:UMass Community\, Democracy\, and Dialogue invites Ragini Shah 
 (Suffolk University) and Nicholas Valentino (University of Michigan) to the
  University of Massachusetts\, Amherst to discuss what influences attitudes
  towards immigrants\, how those attitudes are reflected in policy\, and imp
 acts both on the state level and our campus community. After opening commen
 ts\, Shah and Valentino will engage in a discussion and Q&A moderated by Re
 becca Hamlin\, Professor of Legal Studies and Director of the Legal Studies
  Program. \n\n \n\nRegister to attend here!\n\n \n\nRagini Shah's scholarsh
 ip examines immigration law from the perspective of those who experience it
 s impacts. Her book Constructed Movements\, Extraction and Resistance in Me
 xican Migrant Communities\, offers insights from Mexican migrant communitie
 s on how migration is an extractive process and offers examples of organizi
 ng in Mexico designed to create alternatives to the migration as extraction
  cycle. Shah is a Clinical Professor of Law and founder and director of the
  Immigrant Justice Clinic. Over the past years\, the Immigration Clinic has
  represented a number of individuals including immigrants detained by ICE f
 acing removal\, undocumented youth seeking to remain in the U.S.\, and work
 ers seeking to vindicate their rights in the workplace. The clinic has also
  worked on a number of projects including helping community groups propose 
 legislation\, creating and delivering Know Your Rights during the Trump adm
 inistration and beyond\, and preparing guides for community organizers on t
 he rights of undocumented immigrants.\n\n \n\nNicholas A. Valentino special
 izes in political psychological approaches to understanding public opinion 
 formation\, socialization\, information seeking\, and electoral participati
 on. His research has focused on the intersecting roles of racial attitudes 
 and public emotions\, especially the distinct power of anger versus fear. H
 e has also written extensively on the causes and consequences of empathy fo
 r ethnic outgroups. Valentine holds positions as the Donald R. Kinder Colle
 giate Professor of Political Science and Research Professor in the Center f
 or Political Studies at the University of Michigan\, and currently serves a
 s a PI of the American National Election Studies (ANES). \n\n \n\n \n\nRebe
 cca Hamlin's research focuses on law and immigration politics\, with partic
 ular emphasis on migrant categorization and the concept of a refugee. Her p
 ublished work has examined how the United States and other liberal democrac
 ies use administrative agencies and courts to adjudicate migration and citi
 zenship questions\, and the political responses to judicial involvement in 
 migration matters. Hamlin currently serves as the Director of the Legal Stu
 dies Program here at UMass Amherst.
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SUMMARY:CDD Event: Federal Immigration Policy: Animus and Impacts
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URL:https://events.umass.edu/event/cdd-event-federal-immigration-policy-ani
 mus-and-impacts
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