Dean Johnson, Immigrant Legal Services' Executive Director Blanco talk to media about DACA

On June 18, the United States Supreme Court voted 5-4 to block the Trump administration from ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy. Dean Kevin R. Johnson and UC Immigrant Legal Services Center Executive Director María Blanco offered insights on the ruling that morning on Capital Public Radio's “Insight” program. Listen

Johnson also spoke about the decision on KQED, and wrote about DACA on the ImmigrationProf Blog.

María Blanco is executive director of the UC Immigrant Legal Services Center, which provides immigration-related legal services for undocumented students. A graduate of UC Berkeley School of Law, Blanco has more than 20 years of experience as a civil rights litigator and advocate.

Kevin R. Johnson is the law school’s dean, Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and professor of Chicana/o studies at UC Davis. He is an internationally recognized scholar in the fields of immigration law and policy, refugee law, and civil rights.