Immigration Content

New Study Charts How Cartel Violence Increases Risks for Migrants at the U.S.-Mexico Border

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — December 08, 2025 - 11:25am

As the U.S. government turns its attention to drug cartels in Mexico, new research from the University of California, Davis, suggests that violent competition among criminal organizations increases the risks migrants face at the northern border.

“Migrants face significant dangers across all border regions where criminal organizations operate, but when rival groups fight for territorial control, those dangers escalate sharply,” said Oscar Contreras-Velasco, the study’s author and an assistant professor of sociology in the College of Letters and Science at �鶹��ý.

What Do Fewer People, Immigrants Mean for the Nation?

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — September 26, 2025 - 3:36pm

For the first time since the COVID-19 years, the number of immigrants in the United States has declined.

Aggressive immigration policies have led to 1.4 million fewer immigrants in the country between January and May alone. This number includes 750,000 workers. Historically, mass immigrant exoduses and outright removals far below this scale left lasting harm on communities and local economies.

The Conversation: Have Any U.S. Presidents Reduced Immigration?

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — July 29, 2025 - 4:14pm

All modern U.S. presidents, both Republican and Democratic, have attempted to reduce the population of millions of undocumented immigrants. But their various strategies have not had significant results, with the population hovering around 11 million from 2005 to 2022.

�鶹��ý Experts on Immigration, Citizenship, Labor and Human Trafficking

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — June 18, 2025 - 1:44pm

The following University of California, Davis, experts on immigration policy are available to speak to the news media. Keep an eye on this and other current expert lists at www.ucdavis.edu/news/experts . These resources will be updated regularly. This list was updated in June 2025.

The Conversation: Are Trump's Deportation Cases about Foreign Policy or Something Else?

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — May 07, 2025 - 10:19am

Trump administration officials have repeatedly claimed that judges who order the administration to take action to bring deported Venezuelans back from the El Salvador prison where the U.S. sent them are meddling in the conduct of foreign policy.

Enrollment of Undocumented Students at California Universities Dropped from 2016 to 2023

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — September 19, 2024 - 1:02am

Enrollment of low-income, undocumented students declined by half at University of California and California State University campuses from 2016 through the 2022-23 academic year, according to a new study by the University of California Civil Rights Project at UCLA and �鶹��ý School of Law.

Do Immigrants Get Incarcerated More Than U.S. Born?

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — May 08, 2024 - 8:56am

Research shows that immigrants do not get incarcerated more than U.S.-born, and the gap is even growing.

Do De Facto Deported Children in Mexico Face Socioeconomic Disadvantage?

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — February 22, 2023 - 9:46am

The U.S. government should increase efforts to take care of its young citizens, regardless of their parents’ immigration status, says a �鶹��ý policy brief.

�鶹��ý Media Sources on Supreme Court 2021-22 Cases

Karen Michele Nikos-Rose — June 09, 2022 - 11:30am

�鶹��ý School of Law has experts on many high-profile Supreme Court decisions before the court this session.

What is the Correlation Between the U.S. Labor Shortages and the Immigration Shortfall?

Maria Magdalena Martinez Castro — January 25, 2022 - 12:35pm

As 2022 begins, the U.S. is experiencing labor shortages across a number of industries.