Immigration Law and Resistance Symposium: Live Blog Post Number 3
The UC Davis Law Review is holding its annual symposium today. The topic is Immigration Law & Resistance. I have been live blogging from the conference over the course of the day.
Professors Jack Chin, Shayak Sarkar, Rose Villazor, and Leticia Saucedo at lunch
At noon, a video message was played from University of California President (and former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security) Janet Napolitano. She thanked the Law Review for organizing the conference and the UC Davis School of Law for its commitment to immigrant rights. President Napolitano noted the University of California’s support for immigrant students and legal challenge to President Trump’s dismantling of the DACA program.
It was followed by a Luncheon Keynote by The Honorable Paul C. Lo, Superior Court of California, County of Merced, the First Hmong-American Judge in U.S. history. Judge Lo is a graduate of UC Davis and UCLA School of Law. Judge Lo spent time in a refugee camp in Thailand and shared his experiences as a part of the Hmong community in Laos, which assisted the U.S. government in the war in Viet Nam and fled their homeland as refugees. A humble and thoughtful person, Judge Lo reflected on his immigrant/refugee experience.
Keynote speaker Judge Lo
KJ