Nicolas Gutierrez III

“They really target people for helping other people”: The criminalization of mutual aid during encampment sweeps in Los Angeles, CA journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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In LA, mutual aid groups supporting unhoused neighbors during encampment sweeps face arrests, citations, etc. We show how these helpers experience and navigate their own criminalization.

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DUI to Deportation: What H.R. 875 Could Mean for Immigrant Communities  - USC Equity Research Institute (ERI) Data and Analysis to Power Social Change

Great new piece by three grad students who are part of @uscsociology.bsky.social and @eri-usc.bsky.social dornsife.usc.edu/eri/2025/09/...

Read the latest @jaacapjournals.bsky.social commentary on "systems involvement as a structural determinant of health" by my partner and her @uclahealth.org colleagues! www.jaacap.org/article/S089...

Homeless Camp Sweeps Can Harm Health. Some Cities Are Trying a New Way. Several cities and counties are addressing street homelessness with a new approach, which experts say can clear encampments while protecting the health of people who are forced to move.

Several cities and counties are addressing street homelessness with a new approach, which experts say can clear encampments while protecting the health of people who are forced to move.

Read the story: tradeoffs.org/2025/11/20/h...

Published in partnership with @themarshallproject.org.

Lab Updates: A Developing Study from the Lab seeks to Explore the Lived Experiences of Those Charged Pay-to-Stay Fees Nicolas Gutierrez III is a research assistant with Captive Money Lab, developing and conducting a nationwide study with Dr. Brittany Friedman.

Check out what I’ve been up to this semester with the @captivemoneylab.bsky.social:
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Thank you, @eri-usc.bsky.social & @uscsociology.bsky.social, for having us at the ERI Fall Faculty & Graduate Student Lunch and Learn! 👨🏻‍🏫

Check out my latest piece on the ERI Blog!

“By linking deportation to DUIs, H.R. 875 would widen the net of immigration enforcement, extending it through traffic stops and sobriety checkpoints conducted by local officers.”

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DUI to Deportation: What H.R. 875 Could Mean for Immigrant Communities  - USC Equity Research Institute (ERI) Data and Analysis to Power Social Change

🚨 Under H.R. 875, even a DUI arrest—not a conviction—could trigger deportation.

Framed as “public safety,” the bill would expand racialized policing, detention, and family separation, deepening the harms immigrant communities already face. 1/2

I’m excited to share that I defended my Ph.D. and will join Boston College this fall as an Assistant Professor of Sociology and African and African Diaspora Studies. Thank you to my committee, academic community, and family for their unwavering support and love.

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Can people who lost their belongings in "sweeps" of homeless encampments recover them?

Some cities have storage programs, but as one advocate says, they offer only an “illusion of compassion.”

Here's what we found ⬇️