Immigration
Dec. 2, 2014
State Bar-backed immigration bill may get tweaks
Lawmakers are hurrying to amend last year's AB 1159 law to respond to the president's recent executive actions. But questions remain over whether the bar's response will be affected by the ouster of Executive Director Joseph L. Dunn.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Last fall, State Bar leaders trumpeted a new law aimed at preventing lawyers and nonlawyers from taking advantage of undocumented immigrants anxious for Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform. Congress never did, but late last month, President Barack Obama unilaterally announced a set of executive actions that should give legal status to as many as 5 million people.
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