The UC Davis Immigration Law Clinic reached landmark settlements on behalf of children held in immigration custody.
Along with the National Center for Youth Law, Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, and Cooley LLP, the clinic arrived at settlements in the 2018 Lucas v. Becerra case regarding detained children with disabilities; psychotropic medications; and access to counsel.
Immigration Law Clinic students helped write a comprehensive practice advisory on a recent nationwide preliminary injunction the clinic won in the Lucas R. v. Becerracase.
The UC Davis Immigration Law Clinic attained a crucial victory Aug. 30 when U.S. District Court for the Central District of California Judge Dolly Gee ordered the federal government to provide more robust procedural protections for detained migrant children.
Professor Holly Cooper spoke to NPR about Judge Dolly Gee's ordering Immigration and Customs Enforcement to free migrant children held in its family detention centers for more than 20 days by July 17, citing COVID-19 concerns.
On Nov. 1, Immigration Law Clinic staff attorney Daisy Ocampo Felt spoke on a panel at the 2019 Immigration Law Forum at the University of Minnesota Law School.
Three nonprofit organizations have given UC Davis School of Law a total of more than $1.3 million to help fund additional staff attorneys and further serve immigrants through its Immigration Law Clinic.
The Journal of Alta California and Reveal, in a collaborative look at Yolo County's detention of migrant children, acknowledged the Immigration Law Clinic's work on behalf of detainees.
