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Ailia Zehra

Ailia Zehra is a journalist based in New York City. She covers politics, social justice and extremism. She is the founding editor of Dissent Today, a digital media platform covering …
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Elise J. Bean

Elise J. Bean is the Director of the Washington Office of the Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy, Wayne State University
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Hiroshi Motomura

Hiroshi Motomura instructs the Immigrants’ Rights Policy Clinic, and serves as faculty co-director of UCLA’s Center for Immigration Law and Policy. A nationally recognized immigration law expert, his forthcoming …
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Talia Inlender

Talia Inlender instructs the Immigrants’ Rights Policy Clinic at the UCLA School of Law, and serves as deputy director of UCLA’s Center for Immigration Law and Policy. Based in …
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Hope Fujinaga

Hope Fujinaga is a law student in the Immigrants’ Rights Policy Clinic, part of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at the UCLA School of Law. During her …
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Mary Cruz

Mary Cruz is a law student in the Immigrants’ Rights Policy Clinic, part of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at the UCLA School of Law. Growing up …
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Viviana Gonzalez

Viviana Gonzalez is a law student in the Immigrants’ Rights Policy Clinic, part of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at the UCLA School of Law. Having previously …

Gillian Goodman

Gillian Goodman is a freelance journalist based in New York City with work in The Intercept, Prism and Truthout, as well as being featured in Democracy Now!, Vanity Fair …
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Theresa (Isa) Arriola

Theresa (Isa) Arriola is an assistant professor in the department of sociology and anthropology at Concordia University. She chairs Our Common Wealth 670 (OCW 670) on Saipan, a community advocacy group dedicated …