CESR Seminar and Brown Bag Series
For more information on the seminar presentations, or if you would like to attend the presentation, or to meet with any of the speakers, please contact Dan Silver or Zach Wagner.
For more information on the brown bag presentations, or if you would like to attend the presentation or be added to our list for announcements, please contact Michele Warnock.
CESR Seminar & Brown Bag Series
Brown Bag | Evan Sandlin
Monday, July 27
12pm – 1pm PT
VPD 203 and Zoom
Abstract : Beginning in May 2025, as part of what the current US administration referred to as the “largest deportation in U.S. history,” Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other agencies within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began conducting a series of large-scale raids across Los Angeles County, targeting both workplaces and neighborhoods. This paper aims to examine whether exposure to the 2025 immigration enforcement campaign—witnessing operations and/or avoiding public places and activities in response—is associated with perceived discrimination and psychological distress among Los Angeles County residents. We analyze LABarometer panel data from LA County collected in August 2025. We find that 22% of LA County residents witnessed immigration enforcement operations and 54% reported engaging in avoidance or knowing someone who has. Both the likelihood of witnessing immigration enforcement and engaging/knowing someone engaging in avoidance were higher among Hispanics. Engaging or knowing someone engaged in avoidance was associated with both higher perceived discrimination and increased PHQ-4, even when accounting for prior-wave baselines.
Social-Science Genetics Seminars
Tim Morris | University College London
Thursday, September 3
9am – 10am Pacific Time
Zoom (See email for Zoom link)