Professor Christopher Elmendorf spoke to The Economist for a June 19 story about how strongly Democratic cities in the United States are not well positioned to withstand President Donald Trump targeting them over immigration policies.
Noted journalist Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation) relied on Professor Eric Fish’s scholarship in his July 21 article in The Atlantic on the “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center in Florida and other ICE detention facilities in the works as part of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation plans.
Professor Gabriel “Jack” Chin and Albany Law School Professor Emeritus Paul Finkelman spoke at a July 23 webinar on birthright citizenship based on their 2021 UC Davis Law Review article.
Professor Kevin R. Johnson spoke to the Los Angeles Times for a June 23 story about the Trump administration suing Texas and Kentucky to end laws allowing undocumented students to pay in-state tuition, and asking whether California will be next.
Professor and Immigration Law Clinic Co-director Holly Cooper spoke to the Christian Science Monitor for a July 1 story that starts with a visit by President Donald Trump to the controversial “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site in Florida.
Professor Raquel Aldana spoke to the San Francisco Chronicle on July 7 about the U.S. Department of Justice’s push to “denaturalize” U.S. citizens whom the government finds to have gained their citizenship illegally.
Professor Kevin R. Johnson spoke to the San Francisco Chronicle for an August 18 story on the White House blaming California sanctuary policies for a fatal crash in Florida allegedly caused by an undocumented semitruck driver.