Thrilled to announce the launching of the new @ucdavis Global Migration Research Center! Follow us for groundbreaking research, policy, & action on migration, w/ emphasis on vulnerable migrants including refugees and undocumented immigrants.

If you are in Mexico City today, July 22, 2025, do not miss our Panel on the Socio-Economic Consequences of Deportation of Immigrants, co-organized with Alianza MX, at 5-6.15 PM at Casa de la Universidad de California.

UC Davis’ L&S magazine mentions the unique grief and loss of the growing number of US-based Mexican migrants returning to Mexico from GMC Exec. Committee member Erin Hamilton’s new book "The Returned: Former U.S. Migrants’ Lives in Mexico City" 👨‍👦🇲🇽.👇👇.

‼️ Calling PhD students, Post-Docs and Young Scholars interested in migration ‼️ Applications for the 4th Summer School on the "Economics of Migration" are now open 👩‍🎓 Find more information here 👇

Check out the upcoming GMC events this Winter Quarter 🌨❄️📲

‼️ Tune in today at 12:00pm on Zoom for a GMC Seminar: Immigrant Peers and the Long-Run Outcomes of US-Born Students 👩‍🎓. More info here 👇.

👀➡️Take a look at GMC affiliate Santiago Perez's new NBER working paper about the inequities in the demographic makeup of college students in elite private and public colleges 🏢👥.

RT @seperez84: We are very excited to release a new working paper (joint work with Ran Abramitzky, Jenna Kowalski, and Joe Price). I am esp….

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😱Check out recent news from the Global Migration Center: learn more about how you can submit your research paper and be part of the 2nd European Workshop on the Macroeconomic Implications of Migration 📝. More Info here 👇.

‼️📍 Find us today at Andrew’s Room (2203 SS&H) at 12:00pm for a GMC Seminar: Certifying Justice: Contesting and Constructing U-visa Eligibility in California ✍️.More info here 👇.

🔊 Join us today at 12:00 on Zoom for a GMC Seminar: Skills, Distortions, and the Labor Market Outcomes of Immigrants across Space 👥📈. More info here 👇.

📢 Join us today at 12:00 pm for a GMC seminar: Narratives of Forced Migration, Displacement, Violence, and Processes of Return Migration in Colombia and Mexico from a Transnational Perspective 🌎.🔗 Zoom link available!.More info here:

RT @UC_AlianzaMX: Today, we finished the 3rd—edition of the Summer School in Economics of Migration, organized by @UCD_GlobalMC and UC Alia….

Join us tomorrow for a conversation with Eduardo Porter (@portereduardo) on the future of migration in US, Mexico and Latin America. Hosted by Casa de California - Mexico City

RT @giov_peri: The Economist discusses the growth of legal immigration in the US, pointing out some important facts that we showed in our r….

RT @giov_peri: Last days to submit a paper to the 3rd Immigration and Macro conference, North America, in Mexico City October 11-12, 2024,….

Despite the controversy, Biden's policy allows lawful entry for many migrants. Economists highlight the importance of new immigrants in sustaining economic growth and filling essential jobs. #USImmigration #EconomicFuture (5/5).

"We can easily absorb these people, and the economy needs them." Legal channels are crucial to secure the border and reduce clandestine entries. (4/5) #ImmigrationReform #BorderSecurity.

Peri argues that the focus on border chaos has overshadowed how migrants boost the economy by working and spending. Along with Michael Clemens, both agree that there is an urgent need for more legal-entry options to better manage immigration. (3/5) #MigrationPolicy.

President Biden's new border policy has sparked controversy, but GMC director Giovanni Peri is sympathetic to it, citing the need to manage chaos at the southern border and highlight migrants' positive economic impact. #Immigration #Economy (2/5).