Dean Johnson Comments for PolitiFact on Immigration Numbers

Dean Kevin R. Johnson served as an expert source for PolitiFact.com, the political fact-checking website sponsored by the St. Petersburg Times and Congressional Quarterly. In an article concerning the number of unaccompanied minors being stopped at the U.S. border, Dean Johnson points out that there is no sound statistical basis for projections regarding the number of children who may be stopped next year.

"I am not aware of any careful statistical analysis of past and current migration trends that support any reasonable estimates of future flows of migrants from Central America, much less any reliable statistical analysis at all suggesting that we would see 150,000-200,000 migrant children coming from Central America next year," Dean Johnson said.

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

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