Immigration Article of the Day: Recounting: An Optimistic Account of Migration by Jennifer M. Chacón

Immprof Jennifer M. Chacón (Stanford) has a new essay out — Recounting: An Optimistic Account of Migration, 110 Cal. L. Rev. 101 (2022). Here’s what it’s all about:

This Essay challenges the prevailing presumption against refugee admissions, and the broader presumption against immigrant admission, that dominate the discourse around refugees. Flawed framing makes bad policy. In its place, this Essay proposes the injection of greater optimism into policy conversations around refugees. We can acknowledge the very real tragedy at the roots of every human displacement, demand accountability from the actors who set the stage for that displacement, recognize the logistical and economic challenges associated with displacement and relocation, and still recognize the generative and productive power of an open stance toward those who move. Most discussions of responsibility sharing do only the first three.

Y’all. It’s Christmas Eve. What a better way to celebrate that with a “more optimistic outlook … to our discussion around refugees.”

-KitJ