The Lives, Rights, and Civil Liberties of Asian Americans in an Age of Mass Deportation

The panel will explore how current anti-immigrant attacks, politics, policies are affecting Asian American communities in the United States. Attention will be paid to tensions and solidarity building between Asian American communities and other immigrant communities.

Presenters include:

• Anju Gupta, Professor of Law and Judge Chester J. Straub Scholar; Director, Immigrant Rights Clinic, Rutgers Law School, Newark
• Russell M. Jeung, Professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University, co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate; and Rober L. Hess Scholar-in-Residence 2026
• Rev. Deborah Lee, Co-Executive Director of Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity
• Socheatta Meng, Executive Director, Mekong NYC

Moderator:

• Gunja SenGupta, Professor of History, Brooklyn College and the Graduate
  Center, CUNY