Mass Deportation, Detention, and ICE: How We Got Here, What We Can Do

Something is wrong with our immigration system—and deep down, Americans know it. In a speech described as “powerful,” “informative,” “lucid,” and “healing,” Kari Hong draws on decades of experience and research to show how we got here—and how we can change course. It offers eight concrete, practical reforms rooted in earlier principles and adapted to today, insisting that meaningful change is not only possible, but necessary, to rebuild an orderly, fair, economically-rational immigration system and to renew democracy.