Dean Johnson Publishes Op-eds in Fortune and Sacramento Bee on Supreme Court Immigration Case

Dean Kevin R. Johnson published op-eds in Fortune magazine and in the Sacramento Bee  on United States v. Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court case in which Texas and other states are challenging President Obama's executive orders on immigration.

"The lawsuit, based primarily on technical and generally unpersuasive administrative law procedural claims, strongly suggests that the suit is little more than a political gambit," Dean Johnson wrote in Fortune, adding that the executive orders in question were "a routine exercise of prosecutorial discretion" that offered only limited and temporary relief for some undocumented immigrants and not the arrogation of congressional power some have claimed. 

"In short, United States v. Texas is just another stop on the road to true reform of the immigration laws. It remains deeply uncertain when the nation will come to the end of that journey," writes Dean Johnson.

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.