US Immigration Conflicts: Law & Psychology with Professor Bill Ong Hing
Responding with reason and compassion, instead of threats and fear
Hi all,
Just cross-posted at Psychology Today and East Wind eZine - and this time I actually think Psychology Today’s editors did a better job with formatting!
US Immigration Conflicts: Considering Law and Psychology | Psychology Today, June 21, 2025
US Immigration Conflicts: Law & Psychology with Professor Bill Ong Hing East Wind eZine, June 20, 2025
Immigration is in crisis unlike any other time in recent history, and our psychology of inclusion and responsible, democratic dialogue on policy differences is being threatened, even violently. Senator Alex Padilla was forcibly wrestled to the ground when trying to question DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, in one recent example.
Over the Memorial Day weekend (May 24-26, 2025) ICE silently deported 160 Southeast Asian community members: 67 to Laos and 93 to Vietnam on a single flight. This was the largest mass deportation of Southeast Asian refugees in recent memory. The Asian American/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander community has come out to speak out, in solidarity with other caring communities. There have been joint press conferences to condemn the use of the Enemy Alien Act with the Japanese American Citizens League, Chinese for Affirmative Action, San Francisco Public Defenders Office, Tsuru for Solidarity, and Asian Law Caucus, among others.
Please read and share! Thanks!
BTW, consider submitting a colorful comment to the US Park Service here:
President Shrimp’s administration doesn’t want to hear “a discouraging word” about the “greatness of America” - uhhh, history includes everything that happened, bub.
Burke M. Photo shows controversial new sign at California internment camp for Japanese Americans. SF Chronicle, June 17, 2025
I submitted my colorful comment comparing Shrimptoast to Honest Abe under Abe’s national park in the drop down menu. It was definitely “something else” lol.
Warmly,
Ravi