The first thematic episode of Season 2 focuses on immigrants in the criminal legal system. Raha Jorjani, Director of Immigration Defense at the Alameda County Public Defender’s Office and an expert on “crimmigration”—the intersection of criminal and immigration law—joins DA Boudin and Rachel for this in-depth discussion. The conversation explores all the ways in which the criminal legal system fails and can improve its treatment of immigrants—whether as crime victims or as the accused in criminal cases. Raha also discusses the ways in which policy decisions have impacted immigrants throughout the legal system and how prosecutors can better address the needs of non-citizens.

• Link to Facebook Live recording of two panels from the San Francisco District Attorney’s recent Summit, Prevention & Protection: Keeping Our AAPI Community Safe”
• KTVU story on Raha’s client, Walter, and his fight for justice
• Leading Edge Foundation profile on Raha
• Animated short film Raha wrote for Rogue Mark Studios regarding the need for prosecutorial accountability
• Washington Post piece, “Treating Immigrants Like Criminals Has a Long History in the United States”
• Raha’s Washington Post 2015 Op-Ed, “Could Black People in the U.S. Qualify as Refugees?”
• Safety and Justice Challenge blog, “Addressing the Unique Issues Faced by Immigrants in the Justice System
• Intercept piece profiling Raha's client, Walter