Immigration Content

�ٺ��Ƶ Experts on Immigration, Labor and Human Trafficking

Karen Michele Nikos — June 25, 2024 - 1:44pm

The following University of California, Davis, experts on immigration policy are available to speak to the news media. Keep an eye on this and other current expert lists at www.ucdavis.edu/news under "experts" tab. These resources will be updated regularly. This list updated July 2024.

Do Immigrants Get Incarcerated More Than U.S. Born?

Karen Michele Nikos — May 08, 2024 - 8:56am

Research shows that immigrants do not get incarcerated more than U.S.-born, and the gap is even growing.

Do De Facto Deported Children in Mexico Face Socioeconomic Disadvantage?

Karen Michele Nikos — February 22, 2023 - 9:46am

The U.S. government should increase efforts to take care of its young citizens, regardless of their parents’ immigration status, says a �ٺ��Ƶ policy brief.

�ٺ��Ƶ Media Sources on Supreme Court 2021-22 Cases

Karen Michele Nikos — June 09, 2022 - 11:30am

�ٺ��Ƶ School of Law has experts on many high-profile Supreme Court decisions before the court this session.

What is the Correlation Between the U.S. Labor Shortages and the Immigration Shortfall?

Maria Magdalena Martinez Castro — January 25, 2022 - 12:35pm

As 2022 begins, the U.S. is experiencing labor shortages across a number of industries.

How Can Citizenship for Undocumented Immigrants Boost U.S. Economic Growth?

Karen Michele Nikos — June 21, 2021 - 4:27pm

This blog summarizes and highlights an initial report by Giovanni Peri, professor of economics and director of the Global Migration Center at the University of California, Davis,

How Do We Document Stories at the Border?

Karen Michele Nikos — April 02, 2021 - 3:54pm

In a typical year, hundreds of thousands of people are deported from the U.S. for entering or staying in the country illegally.

�ٺ��Ƶ Law Professor to Speak on Legal History of Discrimination Against Asians

Karen Michele Nikos — March 29, 2021 - 10:45am

As part of the �ٺ��Ƶ School of Law Racial Justice Speaker Series, Gabriel “Jack” Chin, professor of law, will speak about the legal history of discrimination against Asians and offer a perspective on the Atlanta murders at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday (March 31).

Immigrants in ICE Detention Face High Risks in COVID-19 Pandemic

Karen Michele Nikos — March 15, 2021 - 10:30am

Those imprisoned in immigration detention facilities across the country face underlying health conditions and often have chronic illnesses that would expose them to greater risk with COVID-19, a new University of California, Davis, study suggests.

Humanizing Deportation

Tanya H Perez — October 30, 2020 - 5:08pm

Robert Irwin, a professor at University of California, Davis, has been working on a community-based digital storytelling project, Humanizing Deportation/Humanizando la Deportación, since 2016. Irwin, a professor of Spanish, and teams of �ٺ��Ƶ graduate students, as well as collaborators from several Mexican institutions, have carried out fieldwork all over Mexico and California, facilitating the production of hundreds of personal stories on issues relating to deportation.