California Labor Shortage Likely Driving More Border Crossing Attempts from Mexico, Dean Johnson Tells Bee

Dean Kevin R. Johnson spoke to The Sacramento Bee for a Nov. 5 story exploring why more people are trying to cross the border from Mexico into the United States. Johnson said California's labor shortage might be a driver. Read the story.

Kevin R. Johnson is the law school’s dean, Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and professor of Chicana/o studies at UC Davis. He is an internationally recognized scholar in the fields of immigration law and policy, refugee law, and civil rights.