Dean Johnson quoted in New York Times story on the term 'alien' in laws

Dean Kevin R. Johnson was quoted by the New York Times in a story on efforts across the U.S. to remove the words “illegal alien” from the law, replacing them with terms such as “undocumented immigrant.” Read the article.

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.