Maddalena Marinari, Ph. D.

#ScholarSunday Thread 248 (11/2/25) – Black and White and Read All Over It’s November, and like Mariah it’s time for my 248th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week to be defrosted. Add ...

It’s November, and like Mariah it’s time for my 248th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week to be defrosted. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️

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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.

They’ve had their necks kneeled on.

They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.

At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

Volume 44 Issue 4 | Journal of American Ethnic History | Scholarly Publishing Collective

Check out this new special issue of the Journal of American Ethnic History focused on "Immigration and Citizenship" edited by @migrantherstory.bsky.social and @irpinaingiro.bsky.social:

scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...

ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”

ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples' Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship.

Learn more about this here: www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

Congratulations again, @omarvaleriojimenez.bsky.social! So well deserved.

***David J. Weber Prize Winner***

Congratulations to IEHS Executive Board member @omarvaleriojimenez.bsky.social for receiving the David J. Weber Prize from the Western History Association for his Remembering Conquest: Mexican Americans, Memory, and Citizenship!

T H E W H I T E H OU S E W A S H I N G T O N S e p t e m b e r 3 0 , 2 0 2 5 P r e s i d e n t i a l D e t e r m i n a t i o n N o . _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 0 2 5 - 1 3 _ _ _ _ _ MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SUBJECT: Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2026 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, in accordance with section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157), and after appropriate consultations with the Congress, I hereby make the following determinations and authorize the following actions: The admissions of up to 7,500 refugees to the United States during Fiscal Year 2026 is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national interest. The admissions numbers shall primarily be allocated among Afrikaners from South Africa pursuant to Executive Order 14204, and other victims of illegal or unjust discrimination in their respective homelands. Refugee admissions under this determination, which may reach but not exceed the numerical limit described herein, are in all respects subject to the requirements of other Presidential policies and actions, whether issued prior or subsequent to this determination. Those Presidential policies and actions include, but are not limited to: Executive Order 14161, which mandates that refugees receive the most stringent identification verification of any class of alien seeking admission or entry to the United States; Executive Order 14163, which suspends the entry into the United States of refugees other than when the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security jointly determine that an admission is in the national interest and does not threaten the security or welfare of the United States; Executive Order 14204, which provides for refugee resettlement of Afrikaners from South Africa who are victims of unjust racial discrimination; and …

NEW: Trump has announced that the US will admit the lowest level of refugees ever at 7,500 in FY 2026. The US will only be admitting as refugees White people from South Africa and "victims of illegal or unjust discrimination," which leaked memos suggest means far-right Europeans.

OAH-IEHS Joint Virtual Event TODAY:

Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM EST

The event will focus on the history of deportation in the United States and feature several IEHS members who are experts on the topic.

Register: www.oah.org/2025/10/06/o...

Join us this afternoon if you can! This is such an important and timely conversation. Details below 👇🏽

This was such a fantastic event! Look for the videos on the @iehs.bsky.social YouTube channel. The short videos are great a teaching tool.

Be sure to check out this special issue of the Journal of American Ethnic History from special editors @irpinaingiro.bsky.social and @migrantherstory.bsky.social :

IHRC Welcomes Charlotte Karem Albrecht for the Inaugural Philip K. Hitti Memorial Fund Lecture Wednesday, November 5, 2025 Reception 5-6pm Lecture 6-7:30pm (hybrid) Weisman Art Museum 333 E River Rd, Minneapolis, MN 55455 The Immigration History Research Center invites you to our inaugural Phi...

Philip K. Hitti Memorial Fund Lecture at the University of Minnesota with Charlotte Karem Albrecht

Wednesday, November 5, 2025
6:00 to 7:30 at the Weisman Art Museum, 333 E. River Rd. Minneapolis, MN. This lecture will be hybrid.

Register at z.umn.edu/HittiLecture.

Authors on Authors: Kevin Kenny & Maddalena Marinari Kevin Kenny and Maddalena Marinari, Rituals of Migration: Irish and Italians on the Move (New York University Press, 2025). In Rituals of Migration, editors Kevin Kenny and Maddalena Marinari—with …

New blog post on the IEHS blog, Not From Here, with @kevinkenny.bsky.social , @irpinaingiro.bsky.social , and @migrantherstory.bsky.social :

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Really excited about this conversation tomorrow! Join us if you can. More details below 👇🏽

Really excited about this conversation tomorrow! Join us if you can. More details below 👇🏽

IEHS Fall Online Book Event Happening TOMORROW

Join us on Tuesday, October 28 at 4:15 PM EDT for the next IEHS online book event with Julie Greene and Brendan A. Shanahan Michael Salgarolo will moderate the discussion.

Register: iehs.org/event/online...

Awards Overview Visit the post for more.

The Immigration and Ethnic History Society offers a number of prestigious awards that recognize excellence in scholarship in the fields of immigration and ethnic history.

More details here:

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Food Banks in U.S. Brace for Surging Demand as SNAP Aid Cutoff Looms Growing need and decreased resources are squeezing the charitable food system beyond its capacity, leaders say.

Food banks across the U.S. were stretched thin even before the federal government shut down. Rising food prices had driven a growing number of people to their doors. Cuts to federal programs had left them with less to give. Now, that system is anticipating an even greater surge in demand.

Joint Congressional Investigation Launched in Response to ProPublica’s Revelations on Detained Americans Senators, House members and even a mayor expressed outrage and demanded accountability after our investigation detailed how at least 170 citizens have been held by immigration agents this year.

“Over 170 U.S. Citizens are being arrested. Why? Because they look like me,” Rep. Robert Garcia of California said, referencing our reporting. “Or because they are suspected to not be a U.S. citizen, or because they are suspected of crimes they have not committed.”

Thank you for your excellent questions, @migrantherstory.bsky.social! I loved being in conversation with you about Rituals of Migration for the @iehs.bsky.social blog. @kevinkenny.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social

Authors on Authors: Kevin Kenny & Maddalena Marinari Kevin Kenny and Maddalena Marinari, Rituals of Migration: Irish and Italians on the Move (New York University Press, 2025). In Rituals of Migration, editors Kevin Kenny and Maddalena Marinari—with …

Thank you @iehs.bsky.social @irpinaingiro.bsky.social @migrantherstory.bsky.social & Eunice Kim for this conversation on Rituals of Migration @nyupress.bsky.social @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social @hidehirota.bsky.social @grainnemcevoy.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Awards Overview Visit the post for more.

The Immigration and Ethnic History Society offers a number of prestigious awards that recognize excellence in scholarship in the fields of immigration and ethnic history.

More details here:

iehs.org/awards/?fbcl...

Be sure to check out this new blog post in our IEHS blog, Not From Here!

@migrantherstory.bsky.social interviews the editors of After Rituals of Migration, @irpinaingiro.bsky.social and @kevinkenny.bsky.social.

It's not lost on me that the part of the White House we are destroying is the part that has to do with women's history in the White House.

Thank you for your excellent questions, @migrantherstory.bsky.social! I loved being in conversation with you about Rituals of Migration for the @iehs.bsky.social blog. @kevinkenny.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social

Authors on Authors: Kevin Kenny & Maddalena Marinari Kevin Kenny and Maddalena Marinari, Rituals of Migration: Irish and Italians on the Move (New York University Press, 2025). In Rituals of Migration, editors Kevin Kenny and Maddalena Marinari—with …

I had a chance to interview two of my favorite people in the field - @irpinaingiro.bsky.social & @kevinkenny.bsky.social After Rituals of Migration was published!
Read more about their new edited work--with nine scholars-- here:
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Surviving the Bomb in Diaspora: Intergenerational Suffering and Justice-Seeking Among Korean Pihaeja Abstract. Uncovering the voices of the Korean diasporic atomic bomb survivors across multilingual and transimperial spaces in archives and memories in East

New article by IEHS members Naoko Wake and @michaelrjin.bsky.social:

“Surviving the Bomb in Diaspora: Intergenerational Suffering and Justice-Seeking Among Korean Pihaeja,” American Historical Review 130, no. 3 (September 2025): 1009-1038.

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Pioneers of Latino Ministry Traces the history of the Claretian Missionaries and their far-reaching influence on Latino CatholicsPioneers of Latino Ministry tells the story of the Clare...

New book from IEHS member Deborah Kanter:

Deborah E. Kanter, Pioneers of Latino Ministry: Claretians and the Evolving World of Catholic America (New York University Press, 2025).

nyupress.org/978147983248...

Immigration and Ethnic History Society

Did you know that the Immigration and Ethnic History Society has a YouTube channel?

Consider following us on there as we have videos of our past programs.

www.youtube.com/@iehs_org?ap...

***Immigration and Ethnic History Society Online Books Series - October 2025***

Join Julie Greene and Brendan A. Shanahan for a discussion of their recent publications! The panel will be moderated by Michael Salgarolo.

October 28, 2025, 4:15-5:30PM EST

Register: iehs.org/event/online...