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Raquel Aldana, UC Davis

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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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.

American Economy Continues Growing

The Avoidable Debt Ceiling Debate

Federal Land Giveaways Again OK’d by House GOP

The Chip Subsidy Wars Heat Up

Climate Change Also Impacts Humans Through Disease

Climate, Race and Reality

Is New York City Really Sinking?

Dumping Japan’s Nuclear Waste

The Navy’s First 4-Star Woman Admiral Reflects on Military Integration and the Time It Took To Become a Reality

Cluster Bombs: Here’s the Core Basics On the Issue

GOP Obsession: War on Mexico

Debating the Best Ways to Kill

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

Israel-Hamas War Puts China’s Strategy of ‘Balanced Diplomacy’ in the Middle East At Risk

Cycle of Disgust

Resetting the Ukraine Debate

Putin’s Regime ‘Is Over,’ Says Analyst, And ‘Something New Is Starting In Russia’

The White House Wants to Close the Gap on Health Care Research for Women

Only 2 Percent of U.S. Doctors Are Latina, Despite Diversity Leading to Better Care for Patients

Driving Simulation Technology Part of Important Study On Driving for Teens with ADHD

Blocking the Roads to Abortion

Limiting Our Ears to Others

Top 10 Opportunities For Women In Affiliate Marketing

When A Picture Hurts

Prescription Drugs, Free Trade and The Washington Post

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