Tom K. Wong

News selected news coverage 

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• "How Conservative Media and Jeff Sessions Got it Wrong on Sanctuary Cities," The Hill, July 14, 2017

• "Texas Cities Haul the State to Court Over Immigration," City Lab, June 26, 2017

• "Declaration of Tom K. Wong," City of Austin, et al., v. State of Texas, et al. Civil Action No. 5:17-cv-404-OLG, June 23, 2017

• "Up to 600,000 Immigrants in U.S. South May Have Path to Legal Status: Analysis," Reuters, May 25, 2017

• "America's Undocumented College Students Face Roadblocks to Employment After Graduation," Forbes, May 15, 2017

• "Immigrants, Unions March in US for Rights Against Trump," Associated Press, May 1, 2017

• "Setting the Record Straight on Local Involvement in Federal Civil Immigration Enforcement," The New York State Office of the Attorney General, The Office of the Attorney General of California, The Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, The State of Oregon Office of the Attorney General, The State of Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General, and The Washington State Office of the Attorney General, May, 2017

• "Senate Floor Remarks — SB 54 (De Leon) The California Values Act," Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin De León, April 3, 2017

• "Complaint for Declaratory Relief," City of Seattle v. Donald J. Trump in his official capacity as President of the United States; Jefferson B. Sessions, III, in his official capacity as Attorney General; and John F. Kelly, in his official capacity as Secretary of Homeland Security, March 29, 2017

• "Sanctuary Cities: Fact-Checking Jeff Sessions' Statistics on Undocumented Immigrants," Mic, March 28, 2017

• "Trump Administration Signals Shift in Policy on DACA," NPR's All Things Considered, February 16, 2017

• "Donald and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Sanctuary Cities," Full Frontal with Samantha Bee on TBS, February 8, 2017

• "Trump's Claim that Sanctuary Cities Breed Crime," Washington Post, February 8, 2017

• "San Diego Professor Finds Sanctuary Counties are Safer and Economically Stronger," KPBS (NPR Radio Interview), January 30, 2017

• "As Trump Comes Down on Illegal Immigration, Future of DACA Remains Unclear," Mercury News, February 4, 2017

• "Why Sanctuary Cities are Safer" NPR's Code Switch, January 29, 2017

• "Trump Says Sanctuary Cities Are Hotbeds of Crime: Data Say the Opposite," Washington Post, January 27, 2017

• "Sanctuary Cities Are Safer and More Productive," City Lab, January 26, 2017

• "For Asians in the U.S. Illegally, There's More Shame, and More Quiet," Los Angeles Times, December 17, 2016

• "Dreamers Awaken: Fighting for Obama's Immigration Program," Bloomberg, December 2, 2016

• "This One Chart Shows You the Politics of U.S. Citizenship," Washington Post, September 1, 2015

• "Demand Intensifies for Nonprofit Immigration Lawyers," NBC News, December 14, 2014

• "Happy Birthday DACA: Youths Say It Improved Immigrants' Lives," NBC News, August 20, 2014

• "Young Undocumented Immigrants Growing Disenchanted With Both Parties, Study Finds," New York Times, May 20, 2014

• "The Obama Administration's Deportations Could Alienate Latinos," Washington Post, May 20, 2014

• "Poll: Young Immigrants Say Obama's Deportation Relief Not Enough," The Hill, May 20, 2014

• "Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)," C-SPAN, August 15, 2013

• "Immigration Reform Predictions are Mathematical and Personal," Los Angeles Times, July 30, 2013

• "Path to 218: Why One Political Scientist is Skeptical the House Will Get the Votes to Pass Immigration Reform," ABC/Yahoo.com "Power Players," July 9, 2013

• "Predicting How Congress Will Vote on Immigration Reform," KPCC (NPR Radio Interview), May 20, 2013