Professor César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández at the Logan Heights Library
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Law professor and immigration lawyer César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández visits the Logan Heights Branch Library to present his new book, Welcome the Wretched: In Defense of the “Criminal Alien,” which makes a powerful case for divorcing immigration law from criminal law — including abolishing immigration crimes and allowing migrants who have been accused or convicted of crimes to remain in the U.S. as residents or citizens. This important discussion is free to attend and open to the public. Seating is first come, first served. Library Shop SD will be on hand selling books. Proceeds support the San Diego Public Library.
About the Book:
In Welcome the Wretched: In Defense of the “Criminal Alien,” law professor and immigration lawyer César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández makes a powerful case for divorcing immigration law from criminal law — including abolishing so-called immigration crimes (such as crossing and re-crossing the border “illegally”), and allowing migrants who have been accused or convicted of crimes to remain in the U.S. as residents or citizens. García Hernández isn’t basing these proposals on a fantasy. What he describes was U.S. policy until the late 20th century.
About the Author:
César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández is the Gregory H. Williams Chair in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and an immigration lawyer. He has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, NPR, The Guardian, and many other venues. The author of Crimmigration Law as well as Migrating to Prison (The New Press), he lives in Denver, Colorado.
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Logan Heights Library
As the fourth branch library in the City of San Diego, Logan Heights Library first opened in 1915. Years later, the library moved to a larger space at Logan Avenue and 28th Street where it served the growing community for more than 80 years. Still one of the busiest for patron visits, the current 25,000-square-foot facility opened in 2009 through a partnership with the San Diego Unified School District, adjacent to Memorial Charter Middle School and the King/Chavez Academy of Excellence. Logan Heights Library features a large community room, computer lab and a cultural center for programs, exhibits and displays.
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