National Desk Quotes Dean Johnson on NYC Mayor's Comments on Migrants

Dean Kevin R. Johnson spoke to The National Desk on Jan. 3 about Mayor Eric Adams’ comments regarding a supposed uptick in crimes by migrants in New York City.

Johnson told The National Desk that Adams’ comments appear to be a “weak effort to capitalize on stereotypes about immigrants as criminals.”

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.