Constitution Happy Hour at the Hammer Museum
Friday, May 26th, 6 pm
Friday, May 26th, 6 pm
What are the rights of immigrants under the Constitution?
Immigration laws and policies reflect a wide range of social, political and historical norms that inform the meaning of U.S. citizenship as well as restrictions placed on non-citizens. While constantly evolving, immigration law has entered yet a new era of indeterminacy as the federal government increases aggressive enforcement tactics and obstructs city and state efforts to protect its immigrant residents. Professor Kathleen Kim, an immigrants' rights legal scholar, will guide a discussion on the constitutional rights of non-citizens, the framework that regulates the admission and removal of non-citizens, and recent struggles in immigrants' rights advocacy.
About Kathleen Kim
Kathleen Kim is a Professor of Law at Loyola Law School and the Faculty Supervisor at the Loyola Immigrant Justice Clinic. She is a nationally-recognized expert on immigration and human trafficking. Her scholarship investigates the intersection of immigration law, workplace rights, civil rights and the 13th Amendment, and has addressed, among other things, the law’s response to coercion in the context of human trafficking and the exploitation of undocumented workers. She is co-author of the first casebook on human trafficking.
Before joining the Loyola faculty, Professor Kim pioneered civil litigation on behalf of human trafficking survivors at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights in San Francisco. She launched and directed the Human Trafficking Project as a Skadden Fellow, the first of its kind to focus on the civil rights of trafficked individuals to receive monetary compensation for the abuse of forced labor. In 2005, she became the inaugural Immigrants’ Rights Teaching Fellow at Stanford Law School. In addition to her teaching and scholarship, Professor Kim continues to provide technical assistance in human trafficking civil cases around the country. She currently co-directs the Anti-Trafficking Litigation Assistance and Support Team and was a gubernatorial appointee to the California Alliance to Combat Trafficking and Slavery. In 2013, she was appointed to the Los Angeles Police Commission.
Before joining the Loyola faculty, Professor Kim pioneered civil litigation on behalf of human trafficking survivors at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights in San Francisco. She launched and directed the Human Trafficking Project as a Skadden Fellow, the first of its kind to focus on the civil rights of trafficked individuals to receive monetary compensation for the abuse of forced labor. In 2005, she became the inaugural Immigrants’ Rights Teaching Fellow at Stanford Law School. In addition to her teaching and scholarship, Professor Kim continues to provide technical assistance in human trafficking civil cases around the country. She currently co-directs the Anti-Trafficking Litigation Assistance and Support Team and was a gubernatorial appointee to the California Alliance to Combat Trafficking and Slavery. In 2013, she was appointed to the Los Angeles Police Commission.