Dean Johnson Comments on California Immigration Laws for Mercury News
Dean Kevin R. Johnson commented for the San Jose Mercury News on the recent passage in California of laws that seem to buck the national trend of states taking a hard-line approach to undocumented immigration. California has recently passed a law allowing undocumented students who came to the country before age 16 and attended California high schools access to public financial aid in higher education as well as a measure that prohibits local governments from making the federal E-Verify program mandatory for employers.
"California is often the trailblazer when it comes to these kinds of issues," said Dean Johnson.
The article also appeared in publications including the Bellingham Herald, Oakland Tribune, and Contra Costa Times.
Kevin R. Johnson is Dean and Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicana/o studies at UC Davis School of Law. He is an internationally recognized scholar in the fields of immigration law and policy, refugee law, and civil rights.