Dean Johnson Analyzes U.S. Sanctuary Laws in the San Francisco Chronicle

Dean Kevin Johnson was quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle article regarding the state of sanctuary laws for immigrants in the United States. The enforcement of San Francisco's sanctuary law has been questioned after it was reported that the city's Juvenile Probation Department had begun flying convicted teens back to their countries of origin, or locking them in unsupervised group homes. Such actions would be in violation of San Francisco's law, which prohibits the use of city resources to enforce federal immigration law. In the article, Dean Johnson discussed the ambivalence of Americans towards immigration issues, the lack of a national immigration policy, and the hope that the next U.S. president will tackle issues of immigration and policy enforcement head-on. Dean Johnson is a professor of law and chicana/o studies and the Mabie-Apallas Public Interest Law Chair holder at the UC Davis School of Law. He is a leading expert on immigration, race, and refugee law, and has published extensively on immigration policy in the United States. 

San Francisco Chronicle, "Immigrant Sanctuary Laws Seen as Practical," July 6, 2008.