The Integration of DACA Recipients: What We Lose Without a Legislative Solution for Dreamers
罢辞尘听碍.听奥辞苍驳聽is an associate聽professor of political science at the聽University of California, San Diegoand聽recently served聽as an advisor to the聽White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders聽(WHIAAPI) under the Obama administration. He is also Director of the聽International Migration Studies Program Minor. His research focuses on the politics of immigration, citizenship, and migrant “illegality.” As these issues have far-reaching implications, his work also explores the links between immigration, race and ethnicity, and the politics of identity.
His first book,聽Rights, Deportation, and Detention in the Age of Immigration Control, analyzes the immigration control policies of twenty-five Western immigrant-receiving democracies (Stanford University Press, 2015). In analyzing over 30,000 roll call votes on immigration-related legislation in Congress since 2005, his聽second book,聽The Politics of Immigration: Partisanship, Demographic Change, and American National Identity聽(Oxford University Press, 2016),聽represents the most comprehensive analysis to date on the contemporary politics of immigration in the United States.
Wong’s research has been used by policymakers both in the U.S. and in Mexico, as well as by organizations that serve immigrant communities.聽Wong聽and his work has been covered by ABC News/Univision, Fusion, NPR, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Yahoo News, and by Univision in Mexico.
He is also on the leadership committee of the California Immigrant Policy Center, the board of the New American Leaders Project, and recently served on the advisory council of Unbound Philanthropy.聽Wong聽also consults on campaigns and elections, specializing in mobilizing low-propensity voters of color and immigrant communities.