Karla McKanders

Nov 21, 2024 | lawprofessors.typepad.com | Karla McKanders

Thursday, November 21, 2024 The essay begins:"Racialized and xenophobic disinformation reinforces an anti-Black and anti-immigrant vision of America where powerful actors intentionally promulgate false information that becomes the norm defining who belongs in this country.

Nov 18, 2024 | harvardlawreview.org | Karla McKanders

Racialized and xenophobic disinformation reinforces an anti-Black and anti-immigrant vision of America where powerful actors intentionally promulgate false information that becomes the norm defining who belongs in this country. Historically, these norms have been codified into U.S. citizenship and naturalization laws privileging assimilation and defining who has the right to reside in America.

May 20, 2023 | lawprofessors.typepad.com | Karla McKanders

Abstract The essay addresses how law professors can engage critical and decolonial theories to teach students how to deconstruct the marginalizing narratives required in asylum advocacy. These theories provide the theoretical and praxis oriented frameworks for professors seeking to liberate their pedagogy. The goal is for law students to begin their legal work knowledgeable of the law and skilled at advocacy, while also cognizant of how the law reifies existing hierarchies.

May 8, 2023 | lawprofessors.typepad.com | Karla McKanders

This symposium, Race, Sovereignty, and Immigrant Justice, explores the racialized history of immigration laws and their enforcement with the goal of rethinking possibilities for immigrant justice, sovereignty, and human rights. This Essay uses Critical Race Theory to explore how the plenary powers doctrine promotes immigration exceptionalism which has impacted U.S. immigration law and policy’s origin stories.