Live and Virtual Program: The Impact of Contemporary Immigration Enforcement on Immigrant Communities.

Kevin R. Johnson

22 Oct 2025 — 1 min read

Please join the Aoki Center for Critical Race and Nation Studies for a panel discussion at UC Davis School of Law on The Impact of Contemporary Immigration Enforcement on Immigrant Communities.

Immigration enforcement has been in the news over the last six months. Roving patrols of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Los Angeles as well as many other enforcement operations and threats are having devastating impacts on California communities. This panel of experts will shed light on the community impacts of, and responses to, the current enforcement campaign.

Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025 | 12 – 1 p.m. | King Hall, Room 1001 | Streaming Link
Panelists

Professor Raquel Aldana, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law
Amagda Pérez ’91, Co-Director, UC Davis Immigration Law Clinic; Executive Director, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation
Giselle Garcia ’23, Programs Director, NorCal Resist
Aidín Castillo Mazantini ’11, Executive Director, UC Immigrant Legal Services Center

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Ambiguous Legal Status: Immigrants’ Shared Precarity Under an Unpredictable Enforcement Environment by Jahaira Pacheco

NBC: Great Footage of San Ysidro POE Enforcement

CBS News: Immigration helped Trump get elected in 2024. Now, some Texans say the crackdown has gone too far.

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