PolitiFact asks Dean Johnson about Sen. Harris' claim on immigration enforcement

PolitiFact California’s Chris Nichols consulted Dean Kevin R. Johnson regarding Sen. Kamala Harris’ claim in late June that she had “disagreed” with President Barack Obama’s use of the Secure Communities deportation program. Nichols ultimately rated Harris’ claim “half-true.” Read the story.

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.