UC Davis Law School Clinics Free Client from Immigration Detention

As we briefly reported on Christmas eve, a collaborative effort by the UC Davis School of Law Immigration Clinic and Civil Rights Clinic won the December 23 release of Herbert Flores-Torres, who had been in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody for nearly three years, allowing the client to enjoy a holiday reunion with family. Many members of the King Hall community contributed to the victory, including Professor Holly Cooper, supervising attorney with the Immigration Law Clinic, and Professor Carter White, supervising attorney with the Civil Rights Clinic, who acted as the lead attorneys in the case. Also assisting in the effort were current and former students Asha Jennings ’09, Hua Hoang ’08, Jessica Zweng ’09, Carolyn Hsu ’09, Parisa Ijadi-Maghsoodi ’10, Su Yon Yi ’10, Layla Razavi ’11, and Rachel Prandini ’10, as well as Shanti Martin, a Distinguished Fellow with the Immigration Law Clinic.

(Pictured: Yi, Flores-Torres, and Martin).

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KJ