In this episode, we talk to Luis about his upbringing, the challenges of being undocumented with DACA, his experience defending DACA at the Supreme Court, and his perspective on creating real change on American immigration policy.
Luis is the managing partner at the Immigrant Advocacy & Litigation Center in Kent, Washington. He was the lead attorney in Garcia et al. v. Trump, one of the consolidated cases at the U.S. Supreme Court that successfully defended the DACA program from repeal. Luis was born in Michoacan, Mexico and immigrated to the San Fransisco Bay Area at the age of 1.
In this episode, we talk to Luis about his upbringing, the challenges of being undocumented with DACA, his experience defending DACA at the Supreme Court, and his perspective on creating real change on American immigration policy.