Stanford professor leads Obama immigration team

SF Chronicle ^ | 11-22-2008 | Tyche Hendricks

[stan_sipple]

Stanford law Professor Tino Cuéllar was named this week to lead President-elect Barack Obama's transition working group on immigration, putting him among the many scholars from the Bay Area who are helping shape the next administration.lawyers and immigration experts across the country praised him Friday for his intellect and his grasp of both regulatory minutiae and the big picture of American immigration policy. "He's brilliant beyond his years," said John Trasviña, president of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, who met Cuéllar when he was a law student at Yale and encouraged him to go to work in Washington. At 36, Cuéllar already has an impressive resume. Raised on the U.S.-Mexico border in Calexico (Imperial County), he earned his bachelor's degree at Harvard University before going to Yale Law School and finishing up with a doctorate in political science from Stanford, where he's now a full professor specializing in administrative law. Cuéllar has been described as a close adviser to Obama on immigration, and the American Bar Association recently suggested he could be on the short list to head the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency.

[DH]

“He’s brilliant beyond his years,” said John Trasviña, president of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund”............

Well. That’s all I have to read to know we are screwed.

[BigBobber]

Isn’t it grand to have all these lawyers running the country?

[AuntB]

Amnesty!