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Immigration Order Places Californians with Criminal Histories at Risk of Removal

Many legal as well as undocumented California residents may face deportation unless they can get their records expunged. A new bill, AB6, aims to fix that. It would fund immigration training for public defenders across the state.

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Sukey Lewis is a criminal justice reporter and host of On Our Watch, a new podcast from NPR and KQED about the shadow world of police discipline. In 2018, she co-founded the California Reporting Project, a coalition of newsrooms across the state focused on obtaining previously sealed internal affairs records from law enforcement. In addition to her reporting on police accountability, Lewis has investigated the bail bonds industry, California's wildfires and the high cost of prison phone calls. Lewis earned a master's degree in journalism from the University of California at Berkeley.