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Immigration Nation Brilliantly Captures the Brutal Logic Behind America’s Immigration Enforcement Regime

The UCLA archeologist Jason De Leon, who excavates human remains in the desert and appeared on Immigration Nation, notes that one of the official metrics used to gauge the success of this “prevention through deterrence” policy was the number of migrant deaths.

Read More | August 29, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Three things President Donald Trump and the GOP need to do at their convention

Trump will need more than that to reassure Americans that the pandemic is under control, said Gary Segura, co-founder of the research firm Latino Decisions and dean of the Luskin School of Public Affairs at UCLA.

Read More | August 29, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Republican National Convention: Night One

Sonja Diaz joins KTLA as a political analyst for the Republican National Convention. “The allegations on vote-by-mail are baseless. These are attacks on the right to vote, particularly on voters of color.”

Read More | August 29, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Criminal Justice

Press Call: New Report Reveals Inconsistent Racial/Ethnic Data Categories at State-Level Youth Justice Agencies, Minimizing Latinx Youth Within the Justice System

On Tuesday, August 25, Alianza for Youth Justice and the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative are releasing a new “Call to Action” report detailing The Latinx Data Gap in the Youth Justice System. The report shows that inconsistent data collection methods complicate race and ethnicity tracking across different stages in the youth justice system.

Read More | August 29, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Criminal Justice

Juvenile justice system undercounts, ignores Latinos, new report finds

“As our country undertakes a long overdue reckoning on race and justice, it is critical that Latinos be included in the conversation,” said Sonja Diaz, founding director of the UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute and one of the report’s co-authors. “Far too often we are overlooked, but to effectively address inequities in the justice system,…

Read More | August 29, 2020

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