This article was originally published on the UCLA Newsroom website on April 17, 2018. We share it here with UCLA Newsroom's permission.

Immigration inspiration: UCLA Law alumnus Luis Perez wins long fight for residency

by Joshua Rich

LOS ANGELES, CA – Two years ago, the Biden administration launched the “Dedicated Docket,” a fast-track immigration court program targeting families seeking asylum at our southern border, promising that it would resolve cases “more expeditiously and fairly.” Today, the Center for Immigration Law and Policy (CILP) at the UCLA School of Law and 75 partners across the country sent a

Before Shiu-Ming Cheer ’00 made her way to the halls of UCLA Law, she was already involved in the pursuit of social justice as an undergraduate activist at UC Berkeley. Her activism came to a head in 1995 when she, along with other student organizers, was arrested after performing a sit-in during a UC Regents’ meeting to protest the UC system’s plans to eliminate its affirmative action policy.

LOS ANGELES – Undocumented student leaders at the University of California secured a critical victory in the

WASHINGTON – Jewish Family Service of San Diego, the Center for Immigration Law and Policy (CILP) at the UCLA School of Law, the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties, and ACLU of Texas, along with over 175 advocacy organizations, medical professionals, and individuals

VICTORIA, TX – A federal district court in Texas has granted a

VICTORIA, TX – A schoolteacher, a retiree, a doctor, and four other U.S.