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Professors Raquel Aldana and Kevin Johnson will discuss Understanding Immigration Law, Fourth Edition (2026) by Kevin R. Johnson, Raquel Aldana, Bill Ong Hing, Leticia M. Saucedo, and Enid Trucios-Haynes.
The fourth edition of Understanding Immigration Law lays out the basics of U.S. immigration law in an accessible way to newcomers to the field. It offers background about the intellectual, historical, and constitutional foundations of U.S. immigration law. The book also identifies the factors that have historically fueled migration to the United States, including the economic "pull" of jobs and family in the United States and the "push" of economic hardship, political instability, and other facets of life in the sending country.
The new edition offers an expanded analysis of crimmigration law, the law surrounding the removal of criminal noncitizens, and immigration federalism, which addresses the ongoing tension between state and federal governments on immigration regulation. Each chapter has been updated to analyze the unprecedented number of immigration enforcement measures—and many simply unprecedented measures—taken by the Trump administration in his second term.
Part of LaLSA Culture Week. Co-sponsored by the Aoki Center and the Immigration Law Association. Lunch provided.