Aarti Kohli Warren Institute report cited in US News & World Report, March 12, 2013
Graham said no final decision had been made on ditching the biometric ID card idea, which had also sparked civil liberties concerns, and he declined to say how much such a card would cost. A study by the University of California, Berkeley Law School’s Warren Institute last year estimated start-up costs to the government for such a program would top $22 billion.
Aarti Kohli quoted in The Press Democrat, November 24, 2012
“If someone is pulled over without identification, for law enforcement, that raises questions and they tend to err on the side of bringing folks to jail,” said Kohli…. “If you can determine that this person is who they say they are, that gets rid of the additional uncertainty,” Kohli said. “I think what’s happening in Sonoma is really instructive. It’s telling us something: if people have identification they are perceived as much less of a threat.”
Aarti Kohli quoted in The Associated Press, October 27, 2012
“There’s a great irony for companies who serve immigrant communities, because of the possibility that many of their customers are undocumented. They can serve them, but they’re not supposed to hire them,” said Aarti Kohli, an immigration policy expert…. “I think sometimes community members feel, here is a company that wants us to buy their services and in return, what are they doing for us?”
Aarti Kohli quoted in Associated Press, October 2, 2012
“It is disappointing that Jerry Brown doesn’t want to be the anti-Jan Brewer,” said Aarti Kohli, senior fellow at the Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy at University of California, Berkeley School of Law. “The advocates feel very betrayed. They feel like the immigrant and particularly the Latino community have been behind the governor … and that he hasn’t really shown a deep understanding of these really serious issues.”
Aarti Kohli quoted in Associated Press, October 2, 2012
“It is disappointing that Jerry Brown doesn’t want to be the anti-Jan Brewer,” said Aarti Kohli, senior fellow at the Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy at University of California, Berkeley School of Law. “The advocates feel very betrayed. They feel like the immigrant and particularly the Latino community have been behind the governor … and that he hasn’t really shown a deep understanding of these really serious issues.”
Aarti Kohli quoted in Contra Costa Times, July 6, 2012
The California bill is unlikely to conflict with federal law as Arizona’s did because “even the federal government acknowledges these (immigration holds) are ‘requests’ … so it’s not as if they are refusing an order from the federal government,” said Aarti Kohli, a senior fellow at UC Berkeley’s Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy.
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Aarti Kohli quoted in San Francisco Chronicle, June 19, 2012
“Cambodians, Hmong, Laotians—are not generally doing as well,” said Aarti Kohli, an immigration policy and law expert who was recently with the Warren Institute at UC Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law. “We should be paying attention to the major gaps between people.”
Aarti Kohli Warren Institute report cited in North County Times, June 1, 2012
According to a report released last year by UC Berkeley’s law school and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York, 93 percent of immigrants arrested under Secure Communities were Latinos. But Latinos make up 75 percent of the 11 million illegal immigrants in the country.
Aarti Kohli Warren Institute report cited in The Huffington Post, April 17, 2012
Immigrant rights groups have raised similar concerns with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which often works in concert with border protection. One of ICE’s key enforcement programs, Secure Communities, disproportionately nets Latinos, according to a report from Berkeley Law School.
Aarti Kohli report cited in The News, April 6, 2012
A new report points out that large numbers of US citizens are also getting caught in the dragnet. A study released by the Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy at UC Berkeley School of Law found evidence of wrongful arrests, detentions and strong indications of racial profiling.