2017-2018 Events

This research explores the implications for immigration (enforcement) created by this patchwork of financial laws.

Abstract forthcoming.

Renee Luthra discusses her book Divergent Paths: Origins, Destinations and the Sociology of the Second Generation

In this paper, Cynthia van der Werf studies how the largest inflow of refugees in U.S. history affected U.S. children. Cynthia's paper also examines whether native children’s academic achievement was lower in ZIP Codes with higher shares of refugees using the National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS88) and U.S. Census data.

The National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS) was begun in 1989 to help DOL determine the supply of labor available to US crop agriculture so that, in conjunction with USDA estimates of the demand for crop workers, the proper number of free-agent RAW workers could have been legalized or admitted to prevent farm labor shortages. This workshop will review almost 30 years of NAWS data.

Caitlin Patler speaks about the Role of Immigrant Labor Markets in Structuring Reintegration among Noncitizens following Imprisonment, presented by Hemisphere Institute on the Americas

Erin Hamilton studies when, why, and how people migrate, and with what consequences for migrants, their families, and the communities they leave and enter.

In Storming the Wall, Todd Miller travels around the world to connect the dots between climate-ravaged communities, the corporations cashing in on border militarization, and emerging movements for sustainability and environmental justice.

This conference examines labor-related issues in California and US agriculture.