David Hernandez
Associate Professor of Latina/o Studies and Critical Race and Political Economy; Co-chair of Department of Critical Race and Political Economy, Mount Holyoke College
Chapter Member: Boston SSN
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About David
Hernández's research focuses on U.S. immigration enforcement policy and history, in particular, the migrant detention regime. Overarching themes in Hernández's writing include the racialization of enforcement, migrant marginalization, prison and detention privatization, and the federal consolidation of power over noncitizens. Hernández works on local immigration matters in Massachusetts and nationally with groups such as the Detention Watch Network, Freedom for Immigrants, and the National Immigrant Justice Center.
Contributions
In the News
Guest on Border Report, February 24, 2026.
Opinion: "Climate, Refugees, and the Golden Rule," David Hernandez, Daily Hampshire Gazette, January 23, 2024.
Opinion: "Biden Must Look Beyond the Border for Immigration Solutions," David Hernandez, Opinion, The Houston Chronicle, January 23, 2023.
Opinion: "The Hotspots in Hiding: COVID-19 and Immigrant Detention," David Hernandez (with ), Medium, May 20, 2020.
Opinion: "American Silencing (or, ¡Ya cállanse!, as Mami Would Say)," David Hernandez, Latino Rebels, April 30, 2020.