The Bishop and the Imam: A Conversation on Immigration - Burke Lectureship on Religion and Society
Around the world, individuals and families are fleeing their countries of origin because of war, violence, natural disasters, and climate ch...
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UC faculty and guest experts contribute to the national conversation about U.S. immigration policy, its consequences and cultural implications.
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20 of 39 episodesImmigration: A Boon or Burden to U.S. Society? - 2019 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate
Experts on immigration, national security and refugee movements engage in a debate about the U.S. immigration system, the values and interes...
The New Majority and the 2020 Census: Shifting the Balance of Power
The history of the U.S. census is riddled with examples of efforts to exclude immigrants and minorities. Arturo Vargas, president and CEO of...
Madeleine K. Albright at UC San Diego Commencement 2019
In her keynote address at UC San Diego's All Campus Commencement 2019, former US. Secretary of State and diplomatic icon Madeleine Albright...
Crime and Criminal Adjudication in the Latinx Context
This panel explores the relevance of race, citizenship, immigration status, and community context in explaining lethal violence and criminal...
LatinX Communities Race and the Criminal Justice System: Setting the Context
Panel explores how Latinx communities perceive the criminal justice system and provides a general overview of what we know and don't know ab...
Policing Latinx Communities
This panel focuses on questions around policing in Latinx communities in order to shed light on the ways that intersecting legal regimes and...
California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross
Karen Ross, Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, discusses the future of food and public policy in California and...
Caring for an Immigrant Patient
Immigrants and their children make up about 25% of the population of the United States. Dr. Margaret Wheeler explores the challenges and pro...
Language Barriers in Medicine
Dr. Alicia Fernandez brings a social justice perspective to tackle some of the most critical issues that complicate the care of patients wit...
The View from Mexico: Senator Armando Rios Piter
Mexican Senator Armando Piter describes the alarm in Mexico about hostile actions toward immigrants in the United States and predicts this w...
Integrating Immigrants with Mary C. Waters and John Skrentny
Sociologist Mary C. Waters of Harvard University paints a comprehensive and compelling picture of the immigrant experience in the United Sta...
Sam Popkin on US Politics: What's Next for Washington?
UC San Diego Political Science Professor Sam Popkin talks about the 2016 election, polling, the FBI, Congress, immigration, the Supreme Cour...
How Scientific Racialization Shapes Mexican Immigration Policies 1848-Present with Natalia Molina -- Degrees of Health and Well-Being
Natalia Molina, professor of history and urban studies at UC San Diego, traces the ways US public health and immigration policies intersecte...
America Needs Talent: What It Will Take For A Second American Century
Carol Christ, Director for the Center for Studies in Higher Education, talks with Jamie Merisotis on his new book, America Needs Talent. Mer...
No Federal Immigration Reform? What States Can Do to Improve the Health of Undocumented Workers - UC Global Health Day 2015
As part of the UC Global Health Day 2015, four leading public health researchers offer ideas on how to help undocumented immigrants at the s...
The Role of Latinos in a Changing America with Cruz Reynoso -- Helen Edison Lecture Series
Former California Supreme Court Justice and UC Davis School of Law Professor Emeritus Cruz Reynoso recalls his days working alongside Cesar...
Latino vs Hispanic - Constructing a New America
In her new book, "Making Hispanics: How Activists, Bureaucrats, and Media Constructed a New America" (University of Chicago Press), UC Berke...
UCLA School of Law’s Asylum Clinic
In what must be one of the most unusual classes offered at UCLA, a group of 10 law students hold in their hands the fate of people who have...
The Brick People
“The Brick People” chronicles the story and legacy of Mexican immigrants who came to work at Simons Brickyard #3 in Los Angeles during the e...