The sudden drop in the number of immigrants in the U.S. comes at a time when fertility rates among the native-born population are also falling. Research in economics suggests that these two trends could tip a precarious economy into decline.
Learning assistants in political science guide their undergraduate peers through the complexities of the U.S. Constitution in a moment when the outcomes of Supreme Court cases on immigration, university funding and many other areas directly affect their lives.
Two exhibitions that invite visitors to reflect on the present by considering the past and our shared future are on view this fall at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at University of California, Davis. The exhibitions are on view through Nov. 29.
The California Families Project is the most comprehensive long-term study of Latino families in the U.S. It has built an unparalleled dataset that researchers at UC Davis and other leading universities around the world use to study the complexity of challenges facing Mexican-origin families in California.
The American Dream as both idea and ideal, for all its complications, has had an undeniably powerful role in shaping values and aspirations in the U.S. and far beyond its borders. We spoke with faculty and students in the College of Letters and Science at UC Davis who represent a wealth of knowledge and perspectives that help us think about American society’s past, present and continuing potential.
A new book co-authored by UC Davis sociologist Erin Hamilton charts the lives of 34 women and men who have returned to Mexico in the last two decades after years living in the U.S. Their stories convey the deep sense of loss they feel as they struggle to rebuild their lives.
Cognitive migration describes when our imagination guides us through potential futures. It’s a process through which we work out the emotional, cognitive and social problems of traveling to a new location by putting ourselves in a future time and space.
Historian Gregory Downs explains the complicated history of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, including subsequent laws that undermined equal protections it guaranteed, as well as the court case affirming the definition of birthright citizenship we take for granted today.
Enrollment of low-income, undocumented students declined by half at University of California and California State University campuses from 2016 through the 2022-23 academic year, according to a new study by the University of California Civil Rights Project at UCLA and UC Davis School of Law.
In her short film Unpacking Immigration, anthropology doctoral candidate Harleen Bal illuminates what she calls the “unseen middle step between the farm and the table” by exploring the lives of immigrant meatpackers living in Livingston, California.
