Ivón Padilla-Rodríguez, Assistant Professor of History, is featured in a recent Univision Noticias article about migrant kids
Ivón Padilla-Rodríguez, Assistant Professor of History, is featured in a recent Univision Noticias article, breaking down the exploitation of immigrant children, the policies failing them, and a misunderstood film that's pushing political buttons.
“Smith and other proponents of the SECURE Act blame a lack of border security for the recent influx of unaccompanied minors. But Latin American children have migrated alone to the U.S. for more than 100 years, according to Ivón Padilla-Rodríguez, a postdoctoral research associate and award-winning immigration historian at the University of Illinois Chicago.”
Read more: go.uic.edu/ivon-padilla-rodriguez-univision
Modified on December 18, 2023