Ernesto Castañeda

Professor of Sociology and Director of the Immigration Lab and the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies at American University. He is the co-author of “Immigration Realities: Challenging Common Misperceptions,” published by Columbia in 2024.
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Understanding the Anti-Deportation Protests in Los Angeles

In response to mass ICE raids in Los Angeles, a broad coalition of citizens and immigrants mobilized to protest the…

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Family Separation: The Reality of Child Migration to the U.S.

About the book Reunited: Family Separation and Central American Youth Migration by Ernesto Castañeda and Daniel Jenks, published by the…

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