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Dear Aoki Community:

We have compiled a list of executive orders and agency communications issued by the Trump Administration which have adversely impacted Immigration policy. This resource is meant to be used for educational purposes and does not constitute legal advice. The slide deck is also limited to materials issued from January 20 to January 24, 2025. Access the resource below:

To Our Dear Aoki Community:

As advocates of justice, we express concern about the harmful impact that this election will have on the most vulnerable members of our community. We fear for, among others, our unhoused neighbors, immigrants, Arabs and Muslims, women, LGBTQ+ persons, non-traditional families, the incarcerated--all who are marginalized by systems of power.

It might feel like decades of resistance and gains have been set back. However, those gains are in our hearts and minds. We must continue to struggle for justice.

By Raquel E. Aldana, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Aoki Center for Critical Race & Nation Studies at the UC Davis School of Law

By Giselle Garcia ’23, Legal Fellow for the Aoki Center for Critical Race and Nation Studies

The intersection of environmental and racial justice against police militarization highlighted in Atlanta’s battle to stop ‘Cop City’ has inspired mass collective action.

What is Cop City?