Items & Issues Newsletter

The SSRC's first-ever research committee was formed in response to the restrictive immigration laws of the 1920s. A century later, as enforcement and detention expand and public scrutiny of federal immigration operations increases, this issue of Items & Issues gathers social science research on immigration and its connections to labor, race, foreign policy, surveillance, and more.

This month's Items & Issues Newsletter theme theme is Urbanism and Infrastructure, focusing on how people interact with the built environment and how city infrastructure can best serve public needs.