Experts on Undocumented Workers

As guest worker programs and illegal immigration lead the news, Professors of Law Kevin Johnson and Bill Ong Hing offer expertise on issues regarding undocumented workers.

Undocumented Workers And Civil Rights Law Professor Kevin Johnson can talk about undocumented workers and civil rights, including immigration law reform and border enforcement. His latest book is The 'Huddled Masses' Myth: Immigration and Civil Rights (2004). Johnson also wrote How Did You Get to Be Mexican? and is editor of the anthology of readings Mixed Race America: A Critical Reader. He is a professor of Chicana/o studies, as well as the associate dean for academic affairs at the UC Davis School of Law and the Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law. In addition, Johnson is president of the board of directors for Legal Services of Northern California. His immigration law professor's blog can be found at http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/. Contact: Kevin Johnson, School of Law, (530) 752-0243, [email protected].

Global Migration to the U.S. Bill Ong Hing, professor of law and Asian American studies, looks at issues of undocumented immigrants who arrive from throughout the world to the United States. He has conducted extensive research on the demographics of Asian American communities in the United States and teaches courses on Asian American history, as well as contemporary issues. His areas of research include the impact of changing demographics on economic, political, gender, age, social, and residential traits of Asian American communities, as well as on race relations. Hing's newest book, published in 2004, is titled Defining America Through Immigration Policy. His other books include Making and Remaking Asian America Through Immigration Policy (1993) and To Be an American Cultural Pluralism and the Rhetoric of Assimilation (1997). Contact: Bill Ong Hing, Law and Asian American Studies, (530) 754-9377, [email protected].

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