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Affiliate Kevin Johnson was quoted in an article in the Sacramento Bee about the rising ICE deportations in California. As of 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement significantly increased deportations from California, removing at least 8,250 people during the first nine months of the year, with the number of deportations climbing sharply over the summer. Must be subscribed to read full article. 

 GMC Director Giovanni Peri's recently delivered a  lecture on the Economics of Immigration at the University Retirement Community. Watch it here. 

In a Parakeet Risk podcast with Jowanza Joseph, GMC director Giovanni Peri examined how removing large numbers of workers from the labor force can reduce GDP, employment, and industrial output. He explained that construction is especially reliant on immigrant labor, so disruptions can delay projects, undermine facility maintenance, and deter long-term capital investments. Peri highlighted historical case studies, including the 1930s Mexican repatriation and WWII-era exclusion policies, to show how labor removals created shortages and economic inefficiencies.

Mexican university el Tec de Monterrey has produced a new video feature about the Humanizing Deportation project: "Humanizando la Deportación: historias reales para comprender el impacto de las políticas migratorias", including interviews with project PI, GMC Deputy Director Robert McKee Irwin, as well as Maricruz Castro of el Tec, and several migrant collaborators from Tijuana. Watch the feature here.

With no major immigration reform in decades, U.S. presidents have relied on temporary executive actions—such as DACA, humanitarian parole, and Temporary Protected Status (TPS)—to manage rising numbers of undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers. These measures offer short-term relief but remain vulnerable to reversal.

GMC Director Giovanni Peri authored an op-ed in El Heraldo de México highlighting the Summer School in the Economics of Migration, organized annually in Mexico City by the UC Davis Global Migration Center and Alianza UCMX. The program brings together PhD students and postdoctoral researchers pursuing quantitative, applied research on migration economics. Read the article here. 

The goals of the webinar were to educate on the current urgent care needs in displaced populations with HIV, including the treatment of coinfections such as hepatitis and tuberculosis, as well as to understand the barriers to HIV treatment access for displaced persons. Review the webinar here

Experts in the College of Letters and Science share knowledge about American society’s past, present and continuing potential. GMC affiliate Ariana Valle mentions her research on immigration within the Latino population, commenting on the communities in Los Angeles that have been demonstrating resilience against the recent rise in discrimination and ice raids across the country.

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