Last updated on:
12/7/2007 |
Author: ProCon.org
Lucas Guttentag, JD Biography
- Title:
- National Director of Immigrants' Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Foundation
- Position:
- Not Clearly Pro or Con to the question "Should the Government Allow Immigrants Who Are Here Illegally to Become US Citizens?"
- Reasoning:
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“The Department of Homeland Security does not have the authority to hijack the Social Security Administration’s data for immigration enforcement…We believe this rule is a massive violation of the law.”
“Judge Delays Action on Labor Crackdown,” Associated Press, Oct. 2, 2007
- Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Experts
Individuals with advanced degrees in fields relevant to immigration. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to immigration. - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- National Director, Immigrants’ Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Foundation
- Lecturer, Boalt Hall School of Law, U.C. Berkeley
- Lecturer, Stanford Law School
- Former Clinical Faculty, Columbia Law School
- Former Staff Attorney, Center for Law in the Public Interest (CLIPI)
- Former Clerk for U.S. district judge William Wayne Justice
- Named “Lawyer of the Year,” California Lawyer magazine, 2002
- Named “Human Rights Hero,” Human Rights journal of the American Bar Association, 2001
- Recipient, Outstanding Litigation Award, American Immigration Lawyers Association, 1990, 1991, 1997, 2002
- Education:
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- JD, Harvard Law School, 1978
- Undergraduate Degree, University of California at Berkeley, 1973
- Other:
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- Has successfully argued in the U.S. Supreme Court, INS v. St. Cyr, 533 U.S. 289 (2001) and Calcano-Martinez v. INS, 533 U.S. 349 (2001)
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