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Raquel E. Aldana is Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Diversity at UC Davis and a Professor of Law at the School of Law. She joined UC Davis in 2017. Aldana is a graduate of Arizona State University (earning a bachelor’s degree in English and another in Spanish) and Harvard Law School. She was a professor at the William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, before joining the McGeorge School of Law faculty in 2009. Her scholarship has focused on transitional justice, criminal justice reforms, and sustainable development in Latin America, as well as immigrant rights in the United States. She has taught immigration law and international human rights, lawyering for immigrants, “crimmigration,” criminal law and procedure, international labor law, Latin American comparative law, international public law, international human rights, statutes and regulations, and the Central American migration corridor.
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Mourners gather outside a detention center for migrants in Ciudad Juarez.

Border Security, Featured Story, Immigration

Deaths of Migrants in Mexico Put Spotlight on Us Policy That Shifted Immigration Enforcement South

by Raquel Aldana, UC Davis April 1, 2023

UN Official: “Extensive use of immigration detention leads to tragedies like this one.” The fire-related deaths of at least 39 migrants in a detention f... Read more.

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The Avoidable Debt Ceiling Debate

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Heeding the Warning of Trump’s Generals

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GOP Obsession: War on Mexico

Dumping Japan’s Nuclear Waste

3 Smart Ways to Lower Gasoline Prices And Still Punish Putin

Increasing U.S. Oil Production During Ukraine Invasion

Preventing Power Failures That Kill Hundreds of Americans

Syria Falls, Trump Isolates

What Trump’s Victory Means for Ukraine, Middle East, China and the Rest of the World

A Year After Hamas Attack, More Continuity Than Change for the Palestinians And Israel

Sinking Into Wider Mideast War

How a Decades-Old Loophole Lets Billionaires Avoid Medicare Taxes

3 Trends Driving up Healthcare Costs for Labor Funds

How the UnitedHealth Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk

Trump’s Uncertain Health Plans

The Pardon Dilemma

How a Decades-Old Loophole Lets Billionaires Avoid Medicare Taxes

Where To Watch Horse Racing Near Washington DC?

Hateful Conduct Erupts at High Schools After Trump Win

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Deaths of Migrants in Mexico Put Spotlight on Us Policy That Shifted Immigration Enforcement South