A bipartisan group of senators has reached an agreement on a framework for a major overhaul of the U.S. immigration system, as President Obama prepares to outline his immigration proposals Jan. 29. UCLA has experts on immigrations and politics.

 

 

Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda, an associate professor in UCLA's César E. Chávez Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies, is a regularly cited expert on immigration and immigrants in the United States. He has written and spoken widely on a variety of immigration-related subjects, including trade, investment and migration between the U.S., Mexico and Latin America; the labor market for Latinos in the U.S.; and international political economy.

Media contact:

Ricardo Vazquez | 310-206-3986 | rvazquez@support.ucla.edu

 

Hiroshi Motomura, professor of law, is an expert on immigration and citizenship law. He has written extensively on the subject, served as co-counsel on cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and testified before Congress.

Media contact:

Lauri Gavel | 310-206-2611 | gavel@law.ucla.edu

 

Otto Santa Ana, an associate professor in UCLA's César E. Chávez Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies, is a sociolinguist who studies how language constructs social hierarchies, particularly regarding Latino communities. He is the co-editor of the 2012 anthology "Arizona Firestorm: Global Immigration Realities, National Media and Provincial Politics," which focused on Arizona's immigration politics.

Media contact:

Ricardo Vazquez | 310-206-3986 | rvazquez@support.ucla.edu 

 

David Hernández, an assistant professor in UCLA's César E. Chávez Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies, has studied the history of the detention of immigrants in the United States and how increases in such detentions are linked to the growth of racial inequality and xenophobia. He also researches international migration and Chicano and Latino politics and social movements.

Media contact:

Ricardo Vazquez | 310-206-3986 | rvazquez@support.ucla.edu

  

Jorge Bravo, assistant professor of political science and an adviser at the UCLA Center for Mexican Studies, is an expert on Mexican politics, Mexican society and Mexico–U.S. relations.

Media contacts:

Ricardo Vazquez | 310-206-3986 | rvazquez@support.ucla.edu

Meg Sullivan | 310-825-1046 | msullivan@support.ucla.edu

 

Abel Valenzuela, an associate professor of urban planning and Chicano studies and director of UCLA's Center for the Study of Urban Poverty, is a regularly cited expert on immigration issues and day laborers. His he has written and spoken widely on the impact of immigration in urban neighborhoods and the experiences of minority groups in the labor market.

Media contacts:

Ricardo Vazquez | 310-206-3986 | rvazquez@support.ucla.edu

Meg Sullivan | 310-825-1046 | msullivan@support.ucla.edu

 

Kelly Lytle Hernández, an associate professor of history and associate director of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, is an authority on the history and politics of immigration and emigration, particularly between the United States and Mexico. She is the author of "Migra! A History of the U.S. Border Patrol."

Media contacts:

Ricardo Vazquez | 310-206-3986 | rvazquez@support.ucla.edu

Meg Sullivan | 310-825-1046 | msullivan@support.ucla.edu

 

 

Franklin D. Gilliam Jr., dean of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and a professor of political science and public policy, studies national and local politics, racial and ethnic politics, the mass media, and electoral behavior.

Media contact:

Alex Boekelheide | 310-206-0159 | alex.boekelheide@publicaffairs.ucla.edu  
Ricardo Vazquez | 310-206-3986 | rvazquez@support.ucla.edu

 

Mark Peterson, professor of public policy and political science, specializes in elections, presidential politics and how the interactions among the presidency, Congress and interest groups affect domestic policy.

Media contacts:

Alex Boekelheide | 310-206-0159 | Alex.Boekelheide@publicaffairs.ucla.edu

Matt Hurst | 310-206-5252 | matt.hurst@publicaffairs.ucla.edu

 

Lynn Vavreck, associate professor of political science, studies political campaigns, with an emphasis on how the state of the economy and other issues affect voters. During the 2012 presidential campaign, she conducted survey research and blogged regularly from the campaign trail.

Media contacts:

Meg Sullivan | 310-825-1046 | msullivan@support.ucla.edu

  

Mark Peterson, professor of public policy and political science, specializes in elections, presidential politics and how the interactions among the presidency, Congress and interest groups affect domestic policy.

Media contacts:

Alex Boekelheide | 310-206-0159 | Alex.Boekelheide@publicaffairs.ucla.edu

Matt Hurst | 310-206-5252 | matt.hurst@publicaffairs.ucla.edu