Professor Aldana Writes in The Conversation About Tragic Detention Facility Fire

In an April 1 piece in The Conversation, Professor Raquel Aldana writes that the “decadeslong immigration enforcement policies of the U.S. and Mexican governments that have seen the number of people kept in (detention) facilities skyrocket” contributed to the March fire at a facility in Ciudad Juarez in which at least 39 people were killed.

Brújula Ciudadana republished the article in Spanish.

Raquel E. Aldana joined UC Davis in 2017 to serve as the inaugural Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Diversity with a law faculty appointment. She returned to full time law teaching in 2020. Aldana’s research has focused on transitional justice, criminal justice reforms and sustainable development in Latin America, as well as immigrant rights. Before UC Davis, Aldana was a professor of law at McGeorge School of Law, and the William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She served as associate dean for faculty scholarship at McGeorge from 2013-17. She is a graduate of Arizona State University and Harvard Law School.