ICE, Hope and justice in difficult times

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Thank you for visiting my website to get resources for this activity. 
We'll do the discussion on Tuesday 17th March 2026, as part of the Global Social Justice (GSJ) unit.

Each article has a worksheet to help you read & process the information.

Here's what you should do:

• Pick at least one of the papers below     (you can read more than one if you want)  

• Access the worksheet for the paper, which will help you read it

• Complete the worksheet while reading the paper

When you have finished the worksheet, submit it, and then come along to class on the 17th for a discussion.

Article 1: "Political Detentions, Political Deportations: Repressive Immigration Enforcement in Times of Trump", by Leah Montange.

This article is about ICE, what the Trump Administration is using immigration enforcement for, and what the author thinks is important to learn from recent events with ICE in the USA.

You might have to log in to the MMU Library to access the article.

• Access the article here: https://doi.org/10.1177/02637758211056342

• Do the worksheet here: GSJ worksheet: “Political Detentions, Political Deportations” 

Article 2: "Forced migrants in higher education: ‘sanctuary scholarships’ in a hostile environment", by Rebecca Murray and Harriet Gray.

This article is about immigration enforcement in the UK (because it's a situation here too) and, specifically, it's about how universities have started to be used as sites of border control including, e.g., electronic monitoring of attendance to class (did you ever wonder why this was a thing?)

You might have to log in to the MMU Library to access the article.

• Access the article here: https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2020.1816814 

• Do the worksheet here: GSJ worksheet: “Forced migrants in higher education" 

Article 3: "Chains Don't Float: The Incompatibility of Carceral Logic and Environmental Justice", by Sebastian Miller.

This article is about environmental justice. The author makes the argument that if you believe in environmental justice, you should also believe in abolishing prisons. The author advocates for environmental justice and prison abolition and gives reasons why.

Please note, I found this article really interesting, but quite difficult to read because of how long the foot notes are! After a while I got used to it. I hope it will be OK for you too.

You might have to log in to the MMU Library to access the article.

• Access the article here: https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/helr49&i=349 

• Do the worksheet here: GSJ worksheet: “Chains don't float"