Immigration (Video)

Former California Supreme Court Justice and UC Davis School of Law Professor Emeritus Cruz Reynoso recalls his days working alongside Cesar Chavez in the Community Service Organization and speaks to the influence of Latinos today on immigration, voting rights, police conduct and other contentious public issues. Justice Reynoso is presented by the Helen Edison Lecture Series at UC San Diego. Series: "Helen Edison Lecture Series" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 29210]

In her new book, "Making Hispanics: How Activists, Bureaucrats, and Media Constructed a New America" (University of Chicago Press), UC Berkeley sociologist G. Cristina Mora traces the commercial, political and cultural interests that colluded in the 1970s to create a national Hispanic identity and, in turn, boosted the political clout of Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Salvadorans, Guatemalans and other Latin Americans in the United States. Series: "UC Berkeley News" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 28531]

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 found their way to the United States after being persecuted by their governments. These survivors of torture and trauma now fear for their lives if they are forced to return home. For the students in the School of Law's Asylum Clinic, it's a heavy responsibility to shoulder as they work for months to prepare their client for this one chance at being granted asylum — a hearing at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' Los Angeles Asylum Office in Anaheim. Series: "UCLA Newsroom" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 28685]

Two recent Supreme Court decisions seem to send conflicting messages about state and local laws regulating noncitizens. In one case, the justices upheld Arizona’s law imposing sanctions on employers who hire undocumented workers. But another ruling struck down a law that allowed for racial profiling of suspected illegal immigrants. UC Davis Law Professor Gabriel Chin sorts through the legal contradictions to find the right balance between state and federal governments. Chin is the featured speaker of the 2013 DeWitt Higgs Memorial Lecture, sponsored by Cal Western School of Law and UC San Diego. Series: "DeWitt Higgs Memorial Lecture" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 24665]

Marie Price has extensive field experience researching urban immigration, migration, and development in Latin America. She has surveyed emigration from Bolivia, investigated migration and coffee cultivation in Venezuela, and gathered data and conducted field research on global cities and immigrants. Price’s lecture focuses on her insights about diversity and immigration. As a Latin Americanist, she draws connections to key Sauerian ideas about cultural diffusion and landscape, and then elaborates on how these concepts are relevant when interpreting the challenges surrounding immigrant inclusion and exclusion. Series: "UC Berkeley Graduate Lectures" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 23111]

UC Davis economist Giovanni Peri argues that immigration helps the U.S. economy and calls for reforms that would include granting more H1B visas for highly skilled workers and for creating temporary visas for low skilled workers who have job offers from U.S. employers. Series: "UCTV Prime Vote" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 23596]

The 10th Annual Rhoda Goldman Lecture in Health Policy presents Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Oncology at Johns Hopkins Medical Center. Named as one of the 100 most influential Hispanics in 2008, Dr. Quinones-Hinojosa’s third book, “Becoming Dr. Q – My Journey from Migrant Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon,” comes out in fall 2011. Series: "Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley" [Public Affairs] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 22768]

Seeking to re-imagine the meaning and significance of the international border, UC Davis Law School Dean Kevin Johnson makes a case for eliminating the border as a legal construct that impedes the movement of people into this country. Johnson offers an alternative vision of how U.S. borders might be reconfigured, grounded in moral, economic, and policy arguments for open borders. Series: "Ethics, Religion and Public Life: Walter H. Capps Center Series" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 22633]

Is the danger posed by Muslim immigrants real? If it is exaggerated, why the general hysteria? Award-winning author and journalist Ian Buruma will addresses these questions and others raised in his new book “Taming the Gods,” a sharp-eyed look at the tensions between religion and politics on three continents: Europe, Asia and North America Series: "Taubman Symposia in Jewish Studies" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 19868]

The Community Service Organization was a grassroots effort launched in the 1940's that empowered a generation of Mexican-Americans, including Cesar Chavez. Poor immigrants were able to move into the mainstream of American society through voter registration drives, lawsuits and legislative campaigns. Now, over 50 years later, the leaders of the movement reflect on the impact. Series: "Immigration" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 18203]