Opinion: 3 ways to support immigration-impacted students
Inside Higher Ed, April 14, 2021 (Opinion)
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UCI-led study finds that immigration policies curb affected students’ education, well-being
Laura Enriquez, UCI associate professor of Chicano/Latino studies, is lead author of a new report from the UC Collaborative to Promote Immigrant and Student Equity summarizing the results of a study of children of immigrants attending the University of California. Findings indicate that immigration policies disrupt the educational experiences and well-being of not only undocumented […]
Ask a Political Scientist explores immigration and citizenship this week
Broadway World, July 14, 2020
AMA COVID-19 daily video update: How immigration issues may impact the physician workforce
AMA, May 13, 2020 (Video)
UCI researchers are awarded Department of Justice grant to study immigration and crime
John Hipp and Charis Kubrin, both professors of criminology, law & society, and Emily Owens, associate professor of criminology, law & society, have been awarded a two-year, $700,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to determine the ways in which immigration and crime are related. Using a decade of data, they’ll conduct analyses that […]
Assistant professor of Chicano/Latino studies to lead multicampus immigration policy study
Laura E. Enriquez, UCI assistant professor of Chicano/Latino studies, will lead a two-year, multicampus study on the impact of federal immigration policy on the University of California student population. Funded by a $270,000 UC Multicampus Research Programs & Initiatives grant, the project will launch in January. Enriquez will work with colleagues at UC Berkeley, UCI, […]
Immigration does not raise crime, UCI-led study finds, refuting common assumption
Meta-analysis mainly shows no correlation at all – or a tendency to reduce illegal activity
First symposium in UCI series to explore US immigration policy
EVENT: Fifty years after passage of the landmark Immigration & Nationality Act, an array of expert scholars, journalists, historians and lawyers will gather for a two-day conference at UCI to discuss the past, present and future of U.S. immigration policy – examining the shift from 1965’s inclusionary vision to the enforcement patterns of today. “Transforming Migrations: Beyond […]
Obama to announce action on immigration
President Barack Obama is expected to announce at 8 p.m. Eastern time Thursday, Nov. 20, that he will use his executive authority to expand temporary protections to millions of undocumented immigrants. The following UC Irvine experts are available to comment: Leo Chavez, professor of anthropology, has studied immigration for more than 25 years. He has […]
Mexican American mothers’ immigration status affects children, grandchildren
Irvine, Calif., May 29, 2013 – Mexican American mothers’ formal immigration status influences the educational achievement of their children and even their grandchildren, according to a new study led by a UC Irvine sociologist. Researchers found – based on a large‐scale survey of young, second‐generation Mexican American adults in Los Angeles – that those whose mothers were authorized […]