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GMC affiliate Brad Jones was quoted in a Newsweek article about the immigration issue in the 2024 US Presidential Election.

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GMC affiliate Angel N. Desai and coauthors published an article examining the global associations between cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (CL/ML) cases, conflict intensity, and environmental factors from 2005 to 2022, finding a positive correlation between higher conflict levels and increased CL/ML risk, particularly during intense violence.

GMC affiliate Raquel E. Aldana and coauthors published an article highlighting how Colombia stands out among low to middle-income countries for its efforts to integrate 2.5 million Venezuelan refugees. The article emphasizes Colombia's 10-year temporary protection program, which has granted legal status to over a million Venezuelans, offering a model for a more humane and welcoming refugee response, in contrast to wealthier nations that tend to restrict refugee inflows despite hosting far fewer refugees.

GMC affiliate Kevin Johnson's article was featured in ImmigrationProf Blog.

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GMC affiliate Kevin Johnson recently published an article on the KKK's legacy of white Anglo-Saxon supremacy, highlighting how its anti-immigrant ideologies continue to shape modern American immigration law and politics, exemplified by figures like former President Donald Trump.

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Newsweek interviewed GMC affiliate Brad Jones about the migrant death crisis concerning the razor wire along the U.S.-Mexico border. 

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GMC affiliate Brad Jones was interviewed about gender and the migrant death crisis by the publication “The 19th”. 

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GMC Affiliate Kevin Johnson and co-authors for the ImmigrationProf Blog do a summary of Supreme Court decisions on immigration. 

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Immigration promises to be a key issue in the Presidential and Congressional campaigns. Candidates from both parties favor limits but differ on the extent of restrictions. Immigration is important for many sectors of the economy. Concerns arise, however, from the possible adverse effects on employment and wages among the native-born. Giovanni Peri, founding director of the Global Migration Center at UC Davis, joins EconoFact Chats to discuss these issues in our newest podcast Immigration and the Economy.

GMC Director Giovanni Peri's research was featured in an article in the Des Moines Register in connection with Iowa's welfare being dependent on immigrants both documented and undocumented. Peri's research has revealed how important and influential immigrants are to the economy, whose contributions aid productivity, sustainability, stability, and growth of the economy. 

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