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Bill Ong Hing

Professor

Throughout his career, Professor Hing's pursued social justice through a combination of community work, litigation, and scholarship. He is the author of numerous academic and practice-oriented publications on immigration policy and race relations, including Ethical Borders—NAFTA, Globalization, and Mexican Migration (Temple University Press, 2010), Deporting Our Souls-Morality, Values, and Immigration Policy (Cambridge University Press, 2006), Defining America Through Immigration Policy (Temple University Press, 2004), and Making and Remaking Asian America Through Immigration Policy (Stanford University Press, 1993). His book To Be An American: Cultural Pluralism and the Rhetoric of Assimilation (NYU Press, 1997) received the award for Outstanding Academic Book by the librarians' journal Choice. At UC Davis, Hing directed the law school clinical program. He was also co-counsel in the precedent-setting U.S. Supreme Court asylum case, INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca (1987). Hing is the founder of the Immigrant Legal Resource Center in San Francisco and continues to volunteer as general counsel for this organization. He serves on the National Advisory Council of the Asian American Justice Center in Washington, D.C.

Education
  • AB, UC Berkeley
  • JD, University of San Francisco
Prior Experience
  • Professor, UC Davis
  • Of Counsel, Baker & McKenzie
  • Acting Executive Director, East Palo Alto Community Law Project
  • Acting Professor and Associate Professor, Stanford Law School
  • Chancellor's Distinguished Professorship, UC Berkeley
Awards
  • Keith Aoki Asian Pacific American Jurisprudence Award, Conference of Asian Pacific American Law Faculty (2011)
  • Lifetime Achievement Award, Centro Legal de la Raza (2011)
  • Donald Cressey Award, National Council on Crime and Delinquency (2008)
  • Keepers of the American Dream Award, National Immigration Forum (2007)
  • Heritage Award, Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (2005)
  • Tobriner Public Service Award, San Francisco Legal Aid Society (2003)
TitleOutletsDate
"'Ching Chong, Chinaman': The De-Americanization of Asian Americans"The Huffington Post01/12/12
"High Court Review of Immigrant Law Could Shed Light on State Rights"Daily Journal12/12/11
"Free Trade Agreements Mean Job Losses in the Other Country as Well"The Huffington Post10/17/11
"Give Criminal Aliens a Second Chance"The Huffington Post10/03/11
"Even in Tragedy, We’re a Nation of Immigrants"89.3 KPCC Southern California Public Radio09/19/11
"Vigilante Racism and the De-Americanization of Muslim Americans"The Huffington Post09/06/11
"One Hand Clapping for Latest Obama Deportation Reforms"The Huffington Post08/23/11
Radio broadcast on reserve immigration trendKCBS radio07/29/11
"Control the Border: Invest in Mexico"The Huffington Post07/12/11
"Remarkable or Not, All Dreamers Deserve a Chance"The Huffington Post06/24/11
"Administration's Acknowledgement of Severe Flaws in S-Comm Highlights Need for Moratorium and TRUST Act"San Francisco Sentinel06/17/11
"Did Arizona Really Win at the Supreme Court?"The Huffington Post06/02/11
"Will California Opt Out of Secure Communities, and Can It?"89.3 KPCC Southern California Public Radio05/26/11
"Legally Easy Episode 25: Let’s Talk Immigration"The RocketLawyer Podcast05/23/11
"Kill the Death Penalty"The Huffington Post05/16/11
"Disrespecting Undocumented Immigrants"The Huffington Post05/12/11
"Legal Scholars Weigh in on Secure Communities"San Francisco Bay Guardian05/10/11
"Campos Urges Lee to Implement Entire Due Process Law"San Francisco Bay Guardian05/10/11
"Nannies and Housekeepers: A Common Part of Los Altos Life Rarely Addressed in Immigration Debate"Los Altos Patch05/05/11
"Bin Laden Was a Pretext for Anti-Immigrant Policies"The Huffington Post05/03/11
"Don't Deport Immigrants With Mental Disabilities"The Huffington Post04/28/11
Radio broadcast on ruling that halts implementation of Arizona's SB 1070Michael Eric Dyson Show04/18/11
"Undocumented Immigrants: Give Them a Parade, Not SB 1070"The Huffington Post04/14/11
Radio broadcast on Ninth Circuit decision on Arizona's SB 1070KCBS radio04/11/11
"Infusing the Deportation System With Restorative Justice"The Huffington Post04/07/11
"Will Another Dream Fade? Obama Should Endorse Same-Sex Marriages for Immigration Purposes"The Huffington Post03/09/11
"Mexico's Economy is the Problem that Anti-Immigration Laws Won't Solve"The Huffington Post02/28/11
"Illegal Immigration"You Are Here (WERS radio)02/27/11
"Tools for Effective Immigration Reform"Daily Journal02/15/11
Broadcast on communications privacy (also featuring Electronic Frontier Foundation)Daily Journal02/15/11
"Hostile State Battles Now Define Immigration"ColorLines01/06/11
"Former Whitman Housekeeper's Wage Claim Before Panel Today"The Sacramento Bee, The Fresno Bee11/17/10
"Experts: Whitman's Ex-Housekeeper Unlikely to be Deported Anytime Soon"The Sacramento Bee10/02/10
"'Justice Bus' Offers Free Legal Assistance" Daily Democrat10/02/10
"Housekeeper Safe From Deportation for Now, Immigrtion Experts Say"Lexington Herald-Leader10/01/10
"Whitman Scandal Highlights Vulnerability of Domestic Workers"KCBS News10/01/10
"Author Dispels Ideas"Vida en la Valle09/22/10
"Undocumented Students Rally at Feinstein's Office"San Francisco Examiner09/21/10
"Tough Questions Tackled at Immigration Chat"The Record (Stockton)09/16/10
"14th Amendment Faces Challenge from Immigration Hardliners"The Arizona Republic09/12/10
"Court Gives Prosecutors Leeway in Seeking Cell Data"Pittsburgh Post-Gazette09/09/10
"Thomas Elias: More Fiction than Fact About 'Anchor Babies' Born in U.S."The Salinas Californian08/30/10
"Editorial: Leave the 14th Amendment Alone"Times-News08/15/10
"Republicans Stoke Immigration Fears With Talk of 'Anchor Babies'"The Globe and Mail08/11/10
"14th Amendment: Why Birthright Citizenship 'Can't Be Undone'"The Christian Science Monitor08/10/10
"GOP Push to Revise 14th Amendment Not Gaining Steam"Washington Post08/09/10
"Challenges to Birthright Citizenship Are Just a Distraction"Slate08/04/10
"United States: America's Asian Community Joins Debate Over Arizona's Immigration Law"The Financial Times Limited (Thai News Service)08/02/10
Broadcast on undocumented migration and Arizona lawCBS 5 Eyewitness News at 7:30 a.m.08/01/10
Broadcast on Arizona immigration lawKCBS News Radio07/30/10
"On Immigration"KQED Forum with Michael Krasny
06/30/10
"Arizona Governor at White House"KCBS News Radio06/03/10
"Feds Challenge Arizona Immigration Law"
San Francisco Chronicle
06/02/10
Special broadcast on immigration
Uprising on KPFA/KPFK05/25/10
"Tarea Dificil Modificar la Enmienda 14"Univision05/08/10
"New Arizona Law Has Asian Communities Concerned"
China Daily
05/06/10
"Challenging Immigration Reform"KCBS Radio05/01/10
Broadcast on Arizona immigration law
KRON 4 News Weekend
05/01/10
"Opinion: Immigration Policy in Arizona and at Home"
San Francisco Bay Guardian
04/30/10
"Arizona Illegal Immigrant Law Spurs May Day Protests"San Jose Mercury-News, Contra Costa Times
04/28/10
"Solve Undocumented Immigration: Bail Out Mexico"
North Philly Notes (Temple University Press blog)
04/26/10
"Immigration: Defending Juvie Probation Chief Proves Expensive"
SF Weekly
04/07/10
"Feds Challenge Arizona Immigration Law"San Francisco Chronicle03/30/10
"Fight Over Sanctuary Policy Continues"
San Francisco Appeal
03/05/10
Books
  • Ethical Borders: NAFTA, Globalization, and Mexican Migration (Chicago: Temple University Press, 2010). Read More
  • Deporting Our Souls: Values, Morality, and Immigration Policy (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006).
  • Defining America Through Immigration Policy (Chicago: Temple University Press, 2004).
  • A Quick Reference to IRCA (New York: Aspen Law Publications, 2000, 2001, 2002).
  • Immigration and the Law: A Dictionary (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1999).
  • To Be An American: Cultural Pluralism and the Rhetoric of Assimilation (New York: New York University Press, 1997). (Named an Outstanding Academic Book by librarians' journal Choice.)
  • Reframing the Immigration Debate (LEAP, 1996). (The book was co-edited with Ronald Lee and nominated for a human rights award by Gustavus Myers Center for Human Rights.)
  • Handling Immigration Cases (Hoboken: Wiley Law Publications, Second Edition 1995).
  • Making and Remaking Asian America Through Immigration Policy (Palo Alto: Stanford Press, 1993).
Law Review and Journal Articles
  • "Reason Over Hysteria: Keynote Essay," 12 Loyola Journal of Public Interest 275 (2011). SSRN
  • "Asian Americans and Immigration Reform," 17 Asian American Law Journal 83 (2010-2011).
  • "Systemic Failure: Mental Illness, Detention, and Deportation," 16 UC Davis Journal of International Law and Policy 341 (2010). SSRN
  • "Teaching Immigration Law and Immigrant Rights From Your Own Caseload," 54 St. Louis University Law Journal 877 (2010).
  • "The Rise and Fall of Employer Sanctions," 38 Fordham Urban Law Journal 77 (2010). (Co-authored with David Bacon.)
  • "The Great Opportunity in Law," 15 Asian Pacific American Law Journal 30 (2009-2010). (Publication of keynote speech delivered by Hing at the Korean American Bar Association of Southern California's 29th Annual Installation and Scholarship Awards Dinner in Los Angeles, Calif., on April 16, 2009.)
  • "Institutional Racism, ICE Raids, and Immigration Reform," 44 University of San Francisco Law Review 307 (2009).
  • "NAFTA, Globalization, and Mexican Migrants," 5 Journal of Law, Economics, and Policy 87 (2009).
  • "Legal Services Support Centers and Rebellious Advocacy: A Case Study of the Immigrant Legal Resource Center," 28 Journal of Law and Policy 266 (2008).
  • "A Case for Amnesty," 3 Stanford Journal of Law and Policy 233 (2007).
  • "Coolies, James Yen, and Rebellious Advocacy," 14 Asian American Law Journal  1 (2007).
  • "Immigration Policy: Thinking Outside the (Big) Box," 39 Connecticut Law Review 1401 (2007).
  • "Providing a Second Chance," 39 Connecticut Law Review 1893 (2007).
  • "The Immigrant Marches of 2006 and the Prospects for a New Civil Rights Movement," 42 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review  99 (2007). (With Kevin R. Johnson)
  • "Misusing Immigration Policies in the Name of Homeland Security," 6 Centennial Review 194 (2006).
  • "Deporting Cambodian Refugees: Justice Denied?" 51 Crime & Delinquency 265 (2005).
  • "Deporting Our Souls and Defending Our Immigrants," 31(3) Amerasia Journal (2005). (Guest editor and lead article author.)
  • "Detention to Deportation? Rethinking the Removal of Cambodian Refugees," 38 UC Davis Law Review 891 (2005).
  • "National Identity in a Multicultural Nation: The Challenge of Immigration Law and Immigrants," 103 Michigan Law Review 1347 (2005). (With Kevin R. Johnson and 2005 Survey of Books Related to the Law)
  • "Rebellious Lawyering, Settlement, and Reconciliation: Soko Bukai v. YWCA," 5 Nevada Law Review 172 (2004).
  • "Refugee Policy and Cultural Identity: In the Voice of Hmong and Iu Mien Young Adults," 1 Hastings Race & Poverty Law Journal 111 (2003).
  • "Answering the Challenges of the New Immigrant-Driven Diversity: Considering Integration Strategies," 40 Brandeis Law Journal 861 (2002).
  • "Nonelectoral Activism in Asian Pacific American Communities and the Implications for Community Lawyering," 8 UCLA Asian Pacific American Law Journal 246 (2002).
  • "Vigilante Racism: The De-Americanization of Immigrant America," 7 Michigan Journal of Race and Law 441 (2002).
  • "Asians Without Blacks and Latinos in San Francisco: Missed Lessons of the Common Good," 27 Amerasia Journal  19 (2001).
  • "The Dark Side of Operation Gatekeeper," 7 UC Davis Journal of Internationall Law & Policy 121 (2001).
  • "Emma Lazarus Fund: A Case Study in Philanthropic Rejuvenation of the Immigrant Rights Community," 15 Georgetown Immigration Law Journal 47 (2000).
  • "No Place for Angels: A Reaction to Johnson," Illinois Law Review 559 (2000).
  • "The Immigrant As Criminal," 9 Hastings Women's Law Journal 79 (1998).
  • "Don't Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor: Conflicted Immigrant Stories and Welfare Reform," 33 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 159 (1998).
  • "Border Patrol Abuse: Evaluating Complaint Procedures Available to Victims," 9 Georgetown Immigration Law Journal 757 (1995).
  • "In the Interest of Racial Harmony: Revisiting the Lawyer's Duty to Work for the Common Good," 47 Stanford Law Review 901 (1995).
  • "Immigration Policies: Messages of Exclusion to African Americans," 37 Howard Law Journal 237 (1994).
  • "Beyond the Rhetoric of Assimilation and Cultural Pluralism: The Tension of an Immigration-Driven Multicultural Society," 81 California Law Review 863 (1993).
  • "Raising Personal Identification Issues of Class, Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Sexual Orientation, Physical Disability, and Age in Lawyering Courses," 45 Stanford Law Review 1401 (1993).
  • "The Immigration and Naturalization Service, Community-Based Organizations, and the Legalization Experience: Lessons for the Self? Help Immigration Phenomenon," 6 Georgetown Immigration Law Journal 413 (1992).
  • "Miranda: Not the Death Knell for Estoppel," 12(4)  NLG Immigration Newsletter 1 (1983).
  • "Racial Disparity: The Unaddressed Issues of the Simpson-Mazzoli Bill," 1 La Raza Law Journal 21 (1983).
  • "Estoppel in Immigration Proceedings? New Life from Akbarin and Miranda," 20 San Diego Law Review 11 (1982).
  • 11 Golden Gate Law Review 285 (1981).
  • "When INS Breaks the Rules Courts Will Listen," 4 AILA Immigration Journal 3 (1981).
  • "The Ninth Circuit: No Place for Drug Offenders," 10 Golden Gate Law Review 1 (1980). (Cited in Tapia-Acuna v. INS, 640 F.2d 223, 225 (9th Cir. 1981)
Book Contributions
  • "An Overview of Federal Immigration Policies and Their Effects on Asian and Pacific Americans," in Civil Rights Issues of Asian and Pacific Americans: Myths and Realities, a Consultation Sponsored by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights , 292 (1979).
  • "Defending the Unpopular Immigrant," in Untold Civil Rights Stories edited by Stewart Kwoh and Russell Leong (2009).
  • "Contemplating Solutions to Migration Challenges," in The Right to Stay Home  (Global Exchange, 2008).
  • "Operation Gatekeeper: The War against the Alambristas of the 1990s," in Alambrista and the U.S.-Mexico Border edited by Nicholas Cull & David Carrasco (2004).
  • "Asian Americans," in Civil Rights in America edited by Jay Segal (Gale Publications: 1998).
  • "Reframing the Immigration Debate: An Overview," in Reframing the Immigration Debate  (LEAP, 1996).
Opinion Pieces and Blog Posts
Other Publications
    Briefs
      Court Citation of Research
        Presentations
        • Panelist, "Immigration Reform," University of San Francisco School of Law (November 2011).
        • Presenter, "Rebellious Lawyering and Immigration Reform," UC Los Angeles School of Law, Los Angeles, Calif. (November 2011).
        • Moderator, "The Dream Act Movement," University of San Francisco School of Law Office of Career Planning Panel, (October 2011).
        • Commentator, University of San Francisco School of Law 2011 Western Regional Legal Writing Conference "How to Hit the Ground Writing: Meeting the Expectations of the Changing Legal Market," (August 2011). (Hing introduced Richard Wydick, the keynote speaker for the conference.)
        • Panelist, "The Importance of Family Immigration Categories to Asian Immigrants," Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance Biennial Convention, Oakland, Calif. (July 2011).
        • Panelist, "How to Increase Diversity on Corporate Boards," UC Haas School of Business Board Diversity Conference, Berkeley, Calif. (July 2011).
        • Presenter, "The Prospects of Comprehensive Immigration Reform," Santa Clara Valley Chapter of American Immigration Lawyers Association's Annual Installation Dinner, San Jose, Calif. (May 2011).
        • Presenter, "Interrogation Reenactment and Contemporary Issues on Angel Island," Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation, Angel Island, Calif. (April 2011).
        • Panelist, "Globalization and Immigration," San Francisco Foundation's "Building Inclusive Communities: Racial Equity and Immigration," Oakland, Calif. (March 2011). (Read More)
        • Panelist, "The Battlefield for Immigration," 13th Annual Trina Grillo Public Interest and Social Justice Retreat, University of San Francisco School of Law (March 2011).
        • Presenter, "The Constitutionality of Local Sanctuary Ordinances," Second Annual University of California International Migration Conference, Davis, Calif. (February 2011).
        • Presenter, "The DREAM Act—The Evolution of a Movement," UC Irvine School of Law Symposium "Persistent Puzzles in Immigration Law," Irvine, Calif. (February 2011).
        • Panelist, "Current Civil Rights Issues Facing Asian Americans," Bay Area Asian and Pacific American Law Student Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, Calif. (February 2011).
        • Presenter, "Keynote address at the City of San Pablo International Migrant Day Celebration," San Pablo, Calif. (December 2010).
        • Panelist, "Rebellious Lawyering and its Legacy," Society of American Law Teachers Conference "Teaching in a Transformative Era: The Law School of the Future," Honolulu, Hawaii (December 2010).
        • Presenter, "Immigration Reform with an Emphasis on the Dream Act," East Bay Sanctuary Annual Fundraising Dinner, Berkeley, Calif. (November 2010).
        • Panelist, "Federalism at Work: State Criminal Law, Noncitizens, and Immigration Related Activity," Loyola University New Orleans College of Law and the Loyola Journal of Public Interest Law, New Orleans, La. (November 2010).
        • Presenter, "Immigration, Migration, and Social Policy: The Changing Face of America," San Jose State University's Silicon Valley Center for Global Innovation and Immigration Annual Conference on Immigration Studies, San Jose, Calif. (October 2010).
        • Panelist, "Immigration Reform Now," Shaking the Foundations: The West Coast Conference on Progressive Lawyering at Stanford Law School "Shaking the Foundations Public Interest Conference," Palo Alto, Calif. (October 2010).
        • Panelist, "Immigration and its Impacts: A Deeper Understanding of Today's Reform Debate," UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare, Berkeley, Calif. (October 2010).
        • Presenter, Book Reading: Ethical Borders, NAFTA, Globalization, and Mexican Migration at Modern Times Bookstore, San Francisco (August 2010).
        • Presenter, discussed immigration reform at the Asian Pacific Americans for Progress-San Francisco Bay Area Chapter event "Dem Sum on Immigration with Professor Bill Ong Hing," San Francisco (July 2010).
        • Panelist, UC Los Angeles 40th Anniversary of Ethnic Studies Program panel on immigration reform, Los Angeles (May 2010).
        • Panelist, 36th Annual Conference of the Southwest Labor Studies Association "Labor and Immigration: Past and Present," Santa Cruz (May 2010). (Hing participated in a panel on labor issues that transcend the U.S.–Mexico border. Conference hosted by the UC Santa Cruz Center for Labor Studies.)
        • Panelist, Association of American Law Schools Curriculum Committee, Washington, D.C. (April 2010).
        • Presenter, "AB 540 Student Teach In: Undocumented Students and their Struggle to Achieve Higher Education," Stanford University School of Education, Palo Alto, Calif. (April 2010).
        • Moderator, University of San Francisco Teach-In panel on the legal response to the January 2010 earthquake, (April 2010).
        • Presenter, Stanford University School of Education "AB 540 Student Teach-In: Undocumented Students and their Struggle to Achieve Higher Education," Palo Alto (April 2010).
        Testimony and Hearings
          Written Testimony and Commentary
            Advisor or Consultant
            • Legal Advisor, ICE Proceedings (with Legal Services for Children) (2011)
            Counsel
              Symposia Organization
                Professional Membership
                • Member, Immigration Project Working Group of the Administrative Conference of the United States
                • Member, National Advisory Committee of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration
                • Member, Association of American Law Schools Curriculum Committee
                Fellowships
                  Other Service
                  • Co-editor, ImmigrationProf Blog (2005 to present).