(Same as Chicana/o and Central American Studies M124.) Lecture, four hours. Critical introduction to U.S. immigration policies and politics, and their disproportionate impacts on Latinx community. Topics include some of root causes of Latin American migration; federal, state, and local immigration lawmaking; and how race, gender, and sexuality impact and are impacted by immigration policies (e.g., legalization, border militarization, deportation) and politics (from voting to activism). P/NP or letter grading.