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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.

Efficiency − or Empire? How Elon Musk’s Hostile Takeover Could End Government as We Know It

Parsing the USAID Shutdown

Who Would Likely Pay For Trump’s Social Security Plan?

American Economy Continues Growing

Is America Ready to Tackle a Nationwide Drought?

EPA Must Use The Best Available Science − By Law − But What Does That Mean?

Preventing Oil Spills: How Shipping Companies Can Take Action

Federal Environmental Priorities Shift, Sovereign Native American Nations Have Their Own Plans

Breach in Live War Plans

A Navy SEAL Commander Speaks Out Against Firing of General CQ Brown

Heeding the Warning of Trump’s Generals

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

EV Batteries and the LA Fires

DTE Profits Soar as Customers Face Shutoffs, Rising Rates and Fossil Fuel Expansion

The Overlooked Value of EV Batteries

Dumping Japan’s Nuclear Waste

Trump’s Desire to ‘Un-Unite’ Russia and China Is Unlikely To Work – In Fact, It Could Well Backfire

Tourists Are Cancelling Trips To The US – Here’s How This Could Affect Its Economy

Turning American Turmoil Into A Golden Opportunity for Europe

Whose Liberation from Tariffs?

Trump Administration Pauses New Mine Safety Regulation

Examine Health Care Fraud

‘Health’ Without Health Workers

DCReport Partners With Northeastern University’s School of Journalism

Trump Administration Pauses New Mine Safety Regulation

Examine Health Care Fraud

How Casinos Impact a Country’s Economy

How Urban Development Prioritizes Investors Over Communities

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