S.F. Chronicle Quotes Professor Johnson on ICE Protesters' Rights

Professor Kevin R. Johnson spoke to the San Francisco Chronicle for a Jan. 11 story headlined “Can ICE arrest you? What the law says about agents’ actions and protester rights.”

The story addresses the rights of people who are confronted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers amid growing concerns following the shooting death of Renee Nicole Good on Jan. 7 in Minneapolis.

The story affirms that it is legal to film ICE agents on the street. “Some of the videos can be effective in showing abuses,” Johnson told the Chronicle.

Kevin R. Johnson is a distinguished professor of law, Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law. Johnson is the director of the Aoki Center for Critical Race and Nation Studies and also has an appointment as professor of Chicana/o studies at UC Davis. He served as dean of UC Davis Law from 2008 to 2024. Johnson is an internationally recognized scholar in the fields of immigration law and policy, refugee law and civil rights.