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School of Law

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
  • 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)
  • University Distinguished Public Service Award, UC Davis (2003)
  • Tobriner Public Service Award, San Francisco Legal Aid Society (2003)
TitleOutletsDate
"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 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
"New Arizona Law Has Asian Communities Concerned"
China Daily
05/06/10
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
  • "Systemic Failure: Mental Illness, Detention, and Deportation," UC Davis Journal of Immigration Law and Policy (forthcoming). SSRN
  • "Teaching Immigration Law and Immigrant Rights From Your Own Caseload," 54 St. Louis University Law Journal 877 (2010).
  • "Institutional Racism, ICE Raids, and Immigration Reform," 44 University of San Francisco Law Review 307 (2009).
  • "NAFTA, Globalization, and Mexican Migrants," 5 ournal 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
  • "No Place for Angel, A Woman`s Experience on the Island," Asian Week (1979).
Other Publications
    Briefs
      Court Citation of Research
        Presentations
        • 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
              Counsel
                Symposia Participation
                  Professional Membership
                  • Member, Association of American Law Schools Curriculum Committee
                  Fellowships
                    Other Service
                    • Co-editor, ImmigrationProf Blog (2005 to present).