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The economic impact of ICE raids in Los Angeles | “CBS Evening News”

“We’re talking many billions of dollars that are being lost if we continue this deportation. … If you’re talking about 5% of the workforce, that is a large and important spending block,” said UCLA’s Chris Tilly (approx. 1:20 mark. Also: UCLA’s Tim Kawahara was interviewed about the construction industry by KCAL-TV – approx. :55 mark).

Appeals court: National Guard can stay deployed for now | Washington Post

Before the appeals court ruling, Jon Michaels, a law professor at the University of California Los Angeles, said he was watching for what comes next. An order may not deter Trump, Michaels said: He might ignore it, or he could invoke the Insurrection Act, as administration officials have suggested in recent days.

Why Calif. policy toward trans student athletes will likely stay | CalMatters

“There’s a strong argument (the NCAA rules) could violate state law and federal equal protection,” said Elana Redfield, the federal policy director at UCLA’s Williams Institute, which studies LGBTQ+ issues. 

Energy Star’s history of helping consumers, the planet | The Conversation

(Commentary by UCLA’s Magali Delmas) Since the early 1990s, the small blue Energy Star label has appeared on millions of household appliances, electronics and even buildings across the United States. But as the Trump administration considers terminating some or all of the program, it is worth a look at what exactly this government-backed label means, and why it has become one of the most recognizable environmental certifications in the country.

Unions mobilize to protect immigrant workers during ICE raids | Bloomberg

Before the surge began, the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, the region’s central labor council, partnered with immigrant groups like the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles to form the L.A. Rapid Response Network, a network of union members and advocates who can quickly mobilize in response to reports of ICE activity, said University of California, Los Angeles Labor Center director Saba Waheed.

Israel attacks Iran | KCAL-TV

“It’s part of the pressure tactics that President Trump usually likes to use in these scenarios. The idea being that the United States is interested, always, in continuing negotiations and diplomacy. But Iran has increasingly less leverage as this process continues,” said UCLA’s Benjamin Radd (approx. :55 mark).

What are the First Amendment rights of protesters? | LAist KPCC-FM

“Lots of things that are perfectly legal become illegal when they’re part of a conspiracy to commit some other crime. It’s perfectly legal for me to lend you a knife. But if I know that you’re going to use the knife to attack someone criminally, then I could be liable for that,” said UCLA’s Eugene Volokh (approx. 2:20 mark).