Professor Aldana Takes Part in Immigration & Nationality Law Review Symposium

Professor Raquel Aldana spoke on a panel at the Immigration and Nationality Law Review’s 
“Community Resistance: Immigration Law in the Face of Mass Deportation & Repression” symposium, held April 17 at UC Davis School of Law.

Aldana took part in the panel discussion “History of ICE, Oppression of Palestinian and Student Activism, and Community Resistance Against the Trump Administration and ICE.”

Professors Kevin R. Johnson and Leticia Saucedo and UC Immigrant Legal Services Center Executive Director Aidín Castillo ’11 appeared on the symposium panel “Mass Deportations and Aggressive ICE Policies Under Trump 2.0.”

Raquel E. Aldana joined UC Davis in 2017 to serve as the inaugural Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Diversity and returned to full-time law teaching in 2020. Aldana’s research has focused on transitional justice, criminal justice reforms and sustainable development in Latin America, as well as immigrant rights. She has authored or edited five books and published over 30 law review articles or book chapters. She is a graduate of Arizona State University and Harvard Law School.