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The Immigration Story of Editor in Chief — and DACA Recipient — of the Georgetown Law Journal

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ImmigrationProf previously reported on Agnes Lee, the current editor in chief of the Georgetown Law Journal — and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient.

Natalie Johnson for NBC News tells some of Lee’s backstory.  “Growing up in Los Angeles, [Lee] saw many in her community incarcerated for petty drug charges. Several of her friends’ family members were deported. . . . [She] learned from her parents to fear the police and remain quiet, particularly at airports. `The best thing you could do with the law was to stay away from it,’ she said.”

Lee attended college at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown. Today, Lee is the editor-in-chief of the Georegtown Law Journal. “And she’s committed to using that platform to challenging our existing system on social justice issues.”  Lee was elected to the position in March.

Before receiving DACA, Lee was undocumented: 

“As a South Korean native who arrived in the U.S. at age 2, Lee and her parents had been living in Los Angeles illegally since their visas expired. Her parents lost their jobs and therefore their work visas. But, the decision to stay in the U.S. came after her mother learned just how fast Lee was learning English from her second grade teacher. Agnes Lee came to the U.S. from South Korea when she was 2 years old. “

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