Reeves Immigration Law Group’s Kim Luu-Ng will be a moderator on the plenary panel “Immigration, Power, and Resistance: Vietnamese American Lawyers Confront Trump 2.0” at the National Conference of Vietnamese American Attorneys (NCVAA). NCVAA’s annual conference will take place on Friday, May 15th, 2026, hosted at the University of California’s College of Law in San Francisco.
Immigration, Power, and Resistance: Vietnamese American Lawyers Confront Trump 2.0 Panel
Date: Friday, May 15th, 2026
Time: 9:00 – 10:30 AM
Location: UC Law San Francisco – Auditorium) 198 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102
This insightful panel discussion will examine the current immigration landscape through three lenses:
- Current U.S. immigration policy on enforcement and deportation in year two of Trump’s second term
- The Vietnamese community’s response through advocacy and organizing
- The use of federal litigation—including habeas corpus—to challenge unlawful detention and removal
Moderator – Kim Luu-Ng, Reeves Immigration Law Group
Speaker – Oriana Farnham, Immigrant Rights Program at the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Speaker – Allison Vo, Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law
Speaker – Jacqueline Dan, Orange County Public Defender
Speaker – Julie Trang Le, Former Assistant Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security and Former Special Assistant Chief Counsel, United States Attorney’s Office
The goal of the NCVAA Conference is to bring together Vietnamese attorneys to network, exchange ideas in the legal profession, support research and education on legal issues central to the Vietnamese American community, and promote the professional development of Vietnamese attorneys.
Learn more about this event and register here.
