César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández
César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández is a TED speaker who has written 1 quality-verified book, paired here with their talks.
At a glance
- Books here: 1 book (2019)
- TED talks (2): Most watched: "Why immigration prisons aren't the answer" (2022), 1.6M views
- Timing: First book here (2019) came 3 years before the first TED talk (2022).
TED talks by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández
About César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández
In December 2019, César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández published Migrating to Prison: America’s Obsession with Locking Up Immigrants, about the United States’ reliance on prisons to enforce immigration law. In 2015, he published his first book, Crimmigration Law, an academic text that was released in a second edition in 2021. As of 2022, Hernández is writing a book about the effects of using criminal history to decide who can live in the United States, scheduled for release late in 2023.
His essays have appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Time Magazine, The Guardian, Newsweek, Salon and elsewhere. He has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, NBC News, Public Radio International, BBC, The Nation, Univision, Telemundo and numerous other publications in the United States and around the world.
Hernández publishes at crimmigration.com, a blog about the convergence of criminal and immigration law. He has been a Fulbright scholar in Slovenia and served two terms on the American Bar Association Commission on Immigration.
Source: speaker bio on TED.com
Books by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández
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Frequently asked questions
What books has César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández written?
César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández has written 1 book in the Books Worth Reading catalogue: "Migrating to Prison". It is quality-verified and paired with their TED talk.
What does César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández write about?
César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández's books on Books Worth Reading cover Science & Technology.
What is César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández known for?
César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández brings a critical legal lens to one of America's most urgent policy contradictions: the deep entanglement of immigration enforcement with criminal punishment. His intellectual contribution centers on what he terms "crimmigration," a framework that reveals how the na...
What is César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández's TED talk?
César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández's most-watched TED talk is "Why immigration prisons aren't the answer" (2022). It is paired with their book on Books Worth Reading.