{"id":23153,"date":"2025-02-24T21:49:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T21:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/?page_id=23153"},"modified":"2026-04-08T21:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T21:05:10","slug":"teaching-resources-immigrant-rights-at-the-crossroads","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/index.php\/home\/for-teachers\/teaching-resources-immigrant-rights-at-the-crossroads\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Resources: Immigrant Rights at the Crossroads"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column]<style>.vcex-heading.vcex_69f63248ec5a7{font-size:36px;}<\/style><div class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-plain vcex-module wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl vc_custom_1769204955639 vcex_69f63248ec5a7\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\">Resources for Educators: Immigrant Rights at the Crossroads<\/span><\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1661350178350{padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1760296148052{margin-top: -40px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}&#8221;]Under the second Trump administration, the country is seeing unprecedented changes in immigration laws and policies. Mass deportation, challenges to birthright citizenship, the potential defunding of sanctuary cities, and many other issues are at stake. To help teachers understand and explore these issues with their students from a historical perspective, Global Boston has compiled a list of relevant resources. We also include information for teachers on supporting immigrant-origin students and parents in these stressful times. For up-to-date information on changing immigration policies and responses in greater Boston, see our <a href=\"https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/index.php\/home\/nativism-and-racism\/immigrant-rights-at-the-crossroads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Latest News<\/a> page.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1775682250662{margin-top: -40px !important;padding-right: 65px !important;padding-left: 65px !important;}&#8221;]<a href=\"https:\/\/rethinkingschools.org\/articles\/teaching-mexican-repatriation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Teaching Mexican Repatriation: Uncovering Histories of Deportation and Belonging<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Erin Green, a 5th-grade teacher engages students in a unit on the forced deportation of 2 million Mexicans and Mexican Americans from the United States during the Great Depression.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sharemylesson.com\/blog\/immigration-crossroads-five-historical-lessons?mc_cid=b45a7c7133&amp;mc_eid=5aaf51e35f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Five Historical Lessons for Illuminating Today&#8217;s Policy Debates<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A blog developed by Adam Strom of Re-Imagining Migration that examines pivotal moments in U.S. immigration history, offering educators tools to foster empathy, critical thinking, and informed civic engagement in their classrooms.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/index.php\/home\/for-teachers\/teaching-resources-immigrant-rights-at-the-crossroads\/know-your-rights\/\">Know Your Rights: A Brief History<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What does &#8220;Know Your Rights&#8221; mean in relation to deportation? Where did this idea come from and how is it being implemented today in greater Boston?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/12IbVSCPkvHeQRar0CgmsCGSV1XajsrSD\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Rapid Response Guide for <\/strong><strong>Educators of Immigrant-Origin Students in Massachusetts<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A helpful guide created by Massachusetts teachers, education leaders, legal experts, and nonprofits that provides clear and concise information, resources, and ideas for supporting immigrant-origin students, particularly undocumented students and students living in mixed-status families.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/news\/ag-campbell-issues-guidance-for-immigrants-families-and-communities-on-ice-enforcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Mass Attorney General&#8217;s Office, Know Your Rights: ICE Enforcement<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A guide released by the State Attorney General&#8217;s office regarding interactions with ICE agents. Provides important information for students, families, schools, and communities as ICE enforcement actions are increasing in Massachusetts communities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/doc\/guide-to-care-custody-planning-eng\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Emergency Planning Guide for Parents with Uncertain Immigration Status<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General provides information for parents who potentially face deportation and who have minor children. Includes advice on care authorizations, guardianship, and making a checklist of documents.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/immigrationsyllabus.lib.umn.edu\/#:~:text=The%20syllabus%20follows%20a%20chronological,deportation%20policy%2C%20and%20border%20policing.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ImmigrationSyllabus <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An online syllabus developed by the Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota and the Immigration and Ethnic History Society. 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