In the second half of a wide-ranging discussion, Luisa Martinez speaks with immigration lawyer Daniel Kanstroom about the ideology, history and political economy of immigration in the United States, with attention to gender and poverty. They discuss as well the debate on the left over border abolition. Daniel Kanstroom is professor of law at Boston University and has decades of experience with immigration law. He is the author of Deportation Nation: Outsiders in American History and Aftermath: Deportation Law and the New American Diaspora. Luisa Martinez is a member of Portland DSA and the National Political Committee of DSA. Part One of their conversation aired April 21.
Image: Cover of Daniel Kanstroom's book Aftermath, showing people confined behind a wire grille, above the title and author over red and white stripes reminiscent of the US flag. Fair use.