Suspect in officer shooting not protected by 'sanctuary law,' Dean Johnson tells Bee

Dean Kevin R. Johnson spoke to the Sacramento Bee for a “fact check” article related to the killing of Newman police Cpl. Ronil Singh. The suspect in the case, an undocumented immigrant, did not appear to have benefited previously from “sanctuary state” laws, as Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson had asserted. Read the story: https://bit.ly/2C0K2yA

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.