A History of Bias: Who Gets Deported in the United States?

Was Live Friday, September 19, 2025 | 11am PST

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Guest Speakers

• Kelly Lytle Hernández, Thomas E. Lifka Endowed Chair in History at UCLA, founding director of Million Dollar Hoods
• Mariah Tso, G.I.S. Specialist, Million Dollar Hoods at UCLA
• Ahilan Arulanantham, Faculty Co-Director, the Center for Immigration Law and Policy (CILP) at the UCLA School of Law

Event Overview

Until now, no one had fully detailed or mapped who gets deported in the U.S. We often hear numbers from administrations eager to prove how tough they are on “enforcing immigration laws.” But what really determines who gets targeted?

Three scholars at UCLA’s Center for Immigration Law and Policy and the Million Dollar Hoods Project have spent years gathering and analyzing deportation data, producing maps and visualizations that trace policies back to 1895. Their work unmasks patterns of deportation that explain where we are today, and why.

The researchers behind Mapping Deportations will join us for a special briefing designed to give journalists and their audiences critical context on the roots and realities of U.S. deportation policy.

Presented by ACoM

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