The New York Times ran an article on Lizbeth Mateo ’16, who was born in Oaxaca and is undocumented, and was sworn in as an attorney last month. In 2014, California was the first state to allow undocumented immigrants to practice law, followed by New York.
She spends her days preparing legal strategies to help undocumented immigrants stay in the country. But at any moment, Lizbeth Mateo could be picked up for deportation herself. She is an immigration lawyer with her own immigration lawyer.
