Join us on February 19 for our second Public Lecture Series! Our speaker will be Dr. Chloe East, Associate Professor of Economics and Interim Director of the Population Program at the Institute of Behavioral Science at CU Boulder. Her talk is titled: "Do Deportations Help or Hurt the Economy?"

Doors open at 5:45 p.m. and there will be light refreshments concluding the talk with time to network. RSVPs are required, please visit our Eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/do-deportations-help-or-hurt-the-economy-ibs-public-lecture-series-tickets-1980292349726?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl

Dr. East brings expertise from a decade of research on immigration enforcement to cut through the rhetoric. Using evidence from past deportation campaigns, and new data from 2025, she examines whether these policies actually help U.S.-born workers, or the broader economy. She also breaks down what’s changed in ICE activity nationwide and in Colorado last year, and what those shifts mean for local communities, jobs, and economic growth.