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NYT on Undocumented Immigration Attorneys and Immigration Advocacy

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Lizbeth mateo

Jennifer Medina writes in the New York Times about immigration attorneys pursuing justice for immigrant communities and who are themselves undocumented.  The article features the experiences and perspectives of California-based attorney Lizbeth Mateo (pictured, Twitter: @lizbethmateo), who has emerged as a leader in the undocumented immigrant youth movement, as well as her attorney, Reyes Savalza of Pangea Legal Services. Ms. Mateo is unique amongst other undocumented law students/attorneys in that she does not have DACA, as her application was rejected due to a trip to Mexico that she took in 2013 (which was part of a coordinated action on the part of her and several others).

The article notes that in states like California, although undocumented immigrants without DACA cannot be employed, they can still practice law and start their own legal practices. 

-JKoh