Filtered by: Migration
Bright, Blurred Boundaries in the US Military: Experiences of Immigrants and Children of Immigrants
The study, co-authored by Professor of Sociology Amy Lutz and Ph.D. student Iwona Franczak, was publised in the Journal of International Migration and Integration.
See related: Defense & Security, U.S. Immigration, United States
Brockway Speaks With Agence France Presse About Trump’s Hard-Line Rhetoric Against Immigrants
For Trump, it doesn't matter whether an immigrant obeys the law, or owns a business, or has been here for decades, says Mark Brockway, assistant teaching professor of political science. “They are caught in the middle of Trump's fight against an invented evil enemy,” Brockway says.
See related: Federal, U.S. Immigration, United States
Haq Talks to CNN About US Citizens' Confidence in the Justice System
“Part of this challenge is there are people who feel empowered and emboldened to just make bald-faced lies and then there's people like this young man who was the security guard at a farm where there were undocumented workers on the farm, and he's like here's my passport. Let me just get it for you, I'm a U.S. citizen. And they didn't care,” says Nayyera Haq, assistant dean of Washington programs.
See related: Crime & Violence, Federal, Law, U.S. Immigration, United States
McDowell Discusses His Research on Immigrants’ Partisan Preferences in PsyPost Article
“Immigration attitudes are not immune to strategic electoral thinking and hyper-partisanship,” says Daniel McDowell, Maxwell Advisory Board Professor of International Affairs. “For many Americans, our study shows that the desirability of immigration depends not just on cultural or economic factors, but also whether voters believe migrants have the same partisan preferences that that they do.”
See related: Federal, Political Parties, U.S. Elections, U.S. Immigration, United States
Review: African Witchcraft and Global Asylum Seeking: Border-Crossing Beliefs
Part-time instructor of anthropology Fethi Keles's review of the book African Witchcraft and Global Asylum Seeking: Border-Crossing Beliefs, written by Katherine Angela Luongo, was published in the International Journal of Refugee Law.
Climate-Induced Redistribution of People Is Not Inevitable
The article, co-authored by Professor of Geography and the Environment Farhana Sultana, was published in Environmental Research Letters.
See related: Climate Change, International Affairs, Migration
Do Immigrants’ Partisan Preferences Influence Americans’ Support for Immigration?
The article, co-authored by Professor of Political Science Daniel McDowell, was published in the Journal of Experimental Political Science.
See related: Federal, Political Parties, U.S. Elections, U.S. Immigration, United States
A Summer of Scholarly Pursuits: Lauren Woodard Explores the Politics of Migration
Woodard, assistant professor of anthropology, recently traveled to the Georgian capital of Tbilisi and to major cities in South Korea to examine the war’s impact on migration patterns throughout Europe and Asia.
It's Not the Economy: The Effect of Framing Arguments on Attitudes Toward Refugees
The article, co-authored by Lamis Abdelaaty, associate professor of political science, was published in International Migration Review.
See related: Economic Policy, Human Rights, International Affairs, Law, Political Parties, Refugees, United States
Reeher Talks to CBS New York and WCNY About President Trump’s First 100 Days
“Donald Trump has come in and has had just a blizzard of executive orders and other kinds of actions that have had serious impact in the federal government, the relations between the major branches of government and have had effects that have trickled down into Syracuse,” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science.
See related: Congress, Economic Policy, Federal, Tariffs, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Immigration, United States
Can Studying in the US Survive Geopolitics? Yingyi Ma Discusses in Brookings Institution Article
“What’s at risk is not just enrollment numbers or university budgets—it’s the future of American innovation and the country’s standing in the world,” says Yingyi Ma, professor of sociology.
See related: China, Education, International Affairs, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Immigration, United States
Resettled Refugee Parent/ Young Adult Perspectives on Mental Health After the Onset of the Pandemic
“Resettled Refugee Parent and Young Adult Perspectives on Mental Health After the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic,” co-authored by Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Robert Rubinstein, was published in Discover Mental Health.
See related: COVID-19, Mental Health, Refugees, United States
Lauren Woodard Honored for Forthcoming Book on Migration along Russia-China Border
The bi-annual First Book Subvention Award by ASEEES recognizes first-time authors who contribute to Slavic, East European or Eurasian Studies.
Reeher Speaks With WXXI News About Meeting Between President Trump and NY Gov. Hochul
“She's playing the game a little bit differently—the resistance game,” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science. “She doesn't want to be seen to be an ally of Donald Trump and his administration,” he says. “She also has to worry about her left flank and being seen as too liberal.”
See related: Energy, Federal, Infrastructure, New York State, State & Local, Tariffs, U.S. Immigration
Minkoff-Zern Quoted in Stateline Piece on Impact of Federal Cuts, Data Removal on Bird Flu Outbreak
Helping dairy and poultry farmworkers get tested is important for public health response. But many farmworkers are immigrants with no sick leave and who may speak primarily Indigenous languages or Spanish. The Trump administration’s deportation efforts have caused further reticence to report symptoms, says Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, associate professor of geography and the environment.
See related: Agriculture, Federal, Labor, Rural Issues, U.S. Immigration, United States
Patchy Internalization: Transnational Migration and Local Buildings in the Bosnian Borderland
“Patchy Internalization: Transnational Migration and Local Buildings in the Bosnian Borderland,” authored by Associate Professor of Anthropology Azra Hromadžić, was published in Society.
See related: Europe, Infrastructure, Migration
Banks Quoted in Newsweek, Stateline Articles on Deportations and Use of the Alien Enemies Act
“Although the Alien Enemies Act does not authorize military participation in law enforcement, if other laws permit their use, Trump could enable the military to implement summary detention and deportation of immigrants lawfully in the United States,” says William Banks, professor emeritus of public administration and international affairs.
Gadarian Weighs In on Trump Administration’s Framing of Immigration Raids in the Guardian Article
The way the administration has framed its raids is an attempt to shape public perception by driving the narrative that “immigrants are criminals” who “don’t belong in the United States,” says Shana Gadarian, Merle Goldberg Fabian Professor of Excellence in Citizenship and Critical Thinking.
See related: Federal, Media & Journalism, U.S. Immigration, United States
Claiming Citizenship: Race, Religion, and Political Mobilization among New Americans
Prema Kurien, professor of sociology, examines the political mobilization strategies of people of South Asian and Indian descent in the United States. She also traces how immigrants reshape the host society, both conforming to aspects of that society while also transforming it to meet their unique needs. (Oxford University Press, 2025)
See related: Asian-American, India, U.S. Immigration, United States
Lamis Abdelaaty, Collaborators, Awarded $2 Million in ERC Funds for Refugee Law Research
The associate professor of political science is part of a three-person team that will investigate the conditions that make international refugee law effective.
See related: Grant Awards, International Affairs, Refugees