UCLA Law Professor, NYTimes op-ed author, and Latino Policy & Politics Initiative (LPPI) Faculty Expert Jennifer Chacón gives a comprehensive overview of COVID-19 and current immigration laws and policies. She describes the negative effects an immigration ban can have on the economy and public health. She also explains that the current administration uses COVID-19 to further implement anti-immigrant policies. Read The New York Times op-ed “No Mr. President Your Immigration Powers Are Not Unlimited” by Jennifer Chacón and Erwin Chemerinsky HERE.
Interview Chapters:
0:53 – Effects of immigration freeze
7:30 – Immigration ban effects on the economy/jobs
9:43 – Effect on asylum process and public health
12:10 – Final thoughts, legal filings, upcoming developments, DACA
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