{"id":34,"date":"2021-05-12T14:06:50","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T18:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2021-05-20T21:23:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T01:23:10","slug":"immigration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/smith-in-the-world\/immigration\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigration"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_120\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-120 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8398-800x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8398-800x1024.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8398-234x300.jpeg 234w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8398-768x983.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-120\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poster announcing a rally in support of undocumented students at Smith College. Sophia Smith Collection, 2015.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2015, tensions surrounding immigration flared with the beginning of Donald Trump&#8217;s 2016 presidential campaign built around using scare tactics to make American citizens afraid of undocumented immigrants, particularly those from Mexico and other Latin American countries. Rates of crimes against Latin Americans, regardless of their immigration status, spiked across the country as Trump painted pictures of undocumented immigrants as criminals and rapists. Following immigration&#8217;s reentrance into the national political limelight, Smith students began to more closely examine Smith&#8217;s own policies regarding undocumented students and applicants. OUSR, the Smith Organizing for Undocumented Student Rights organization, pushed Smith to change much of their policies in light of Trump&#8217;s violent rhetoric, including a move to consider undocumented students as domestic rather than international students in order to maximize their access to financial aid.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-34 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/smith-in-the-world\/immigration\/img_8395\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8395-230x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8395-230x300.jpeg 230w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8395-768x1000.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8395-787x1024.jpeg 787w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/smith-in-the-world\/immigration\/img_8396\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8396-220x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8396-220x300.jpeg 220w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8396-768x1047.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8396-751x1024.jpeg 751w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/smith-in-the-world\/immigration\/img_8397\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8397-243x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8397-243x300.jpeg 243w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8397-768x949.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8397-829x1024.jpeg 829w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-123'>\n\t\t\t\tLetter from undocumented Smith students petitioning Smith&#8217;s administration to revise its policies and treatment of undocumented students. Sophia Smith Collection, 2015.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>As is the case for colleges across the country regarding issues as complicated as immigration, one rally did not forever eradicate it. In 2019, Smith and Mount Holyoke students discovered that their new joint campus police chief Daniel Hect had been liking tweets supporting President Trump and promoting anti-immigrant sentiments. This was particularly concerning due to the uncertainty of the future of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), or the Dreamers program, under President Trump&#8217;s administration. Undocumented students felt uncomfortable with a police chief who did not support their presence on Smith and Mount Holyoke&#8217;s campuses, and so Smith students organized a protest against Hect during Smith&#8217;s Day of Diversity and Inclusion. The protest was successful in forcing Hect&#8217;s termination, but the students organizing the protest also distributed a longer list of 28 demands addressing Smith&#8217;s treatment of undocumented and other vulnerable students, not all of which have yet been addressed by the administration.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-34 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/smith-in-the-world\/immigration\/e5165aa8dd444840ab9936c0924e285d\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/e5165aa8dd444840ab9936c0924e285d-300x199.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/e5165aa8dd444840ab9936c0924e285d-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/e5165aa8dd444840ab9936c0924e285d.jpg 755w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-177'>\n\t\t\t\tA Smith College rally in 2019 protested the new joint police chief of Smith and Mount Holyoke College after it was revealed he had liked tweets containing anti-immigrant sentiment. The Hampshire Gazette, 2019.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/smith-in-the-world\/immigration\/b238cbd24b8c4b9b877f1a2768694412\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/b238cbd24b8c4b9b877f1a2768694412-300x196.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/b238cbd24b8c4b9b877f1a2768694412-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/b238cbd24b8c4b9b877f1a2768694412.jpg 766w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2015, tensions surrounding immigration flared with the beginning of Donald Trump&#8217;s 2016 presidential campaign built around using scare tactics to make American citizens afraid&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/smith-in-the-world\/immigration\/\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Immigration<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3311,"featured_media":0,"parent":19,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":180,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions\/180"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}