Media

This is a non-exhaustive archive of media quotes and stories about me and my work.

2018 – Independent – Detaining Children In Tent Cities Costs More Than Double Than Keeping Them With Their Families, Report Finds
2018 – Splinter News – Chilling ICE Flyer Asks Immigrants: ‘Have You Been Separated From Your Child(ren)?’
2018 – McClatchy – Trump administration to fingerprint parents who claim custody of unaccompanied migrant kids
2018 – Rewire – Sessions’ Move to Limit Asylum Claims Is a ‘Slap in the Face’
2018 – Business Insider: The Trump administration has been under fire for ‘losing’ 1,500 migrant children, but they may not want to be found
2018 – Al Jazeera: Opposition Grows to Putting Citizenship Question on US Census
2018 – San Jose Mercury News: DACA ruling gives hope, but no resolution to Dreamers
2018 – East Bay Times: Emotional Reunion for UC Berkeley Student
2018 – SF Examiner: Undocumented UC Berkeley student released from detention center, returns to Bay Area
2018 – DailyCal: Meet the Campus Immigration Attorney Who Secured Luis Mora’s Release
2018 – Chronicle of Higher Education: How 4 Activists at Berkeley Helped Get an Undocumented Student Out of Detainment
2018 – 10NEWS: UC Berkeley Student Released from Custody
2018 – Washington Post: In My Heart, It is Home
2018 – Daily Bruin: UC Berkeley, campus group work to release detained undocumented student
2018 – KRON4: ONLY ON KRON4: UC Berkeley student detained by immigration officials near Mexican border speaks by phone
2018 – NBC San Diego: Lawyer Fights for Student Facing Deportation After Being Detained in San Diego
2018 – San Jose Mercury News: UC Berkeley Student Detained By Immigration Officials
2018 – IntoMore: Undocuqueer Artist Julio Salgado on Creating to Counter Crisis
2017 – Ms Magazine: 50 Feminist Women to Follow on Twitter
2017 – SFChronicle: Dreamers on Edge As DACA’s Fate Uncertain
2017 – EdSource: California Colleges Undaunted by Trump’s Decision to Phase Out DACA
2017 – Berkeleyside: Berkeley Set to Strengthen Its Sanctuary City Policies
2017 – Autostraddle: Protest, Parties and What We Have to be Proud Of
2017 – CBC News: Not Just Bad Hombres: U.S. Immigration Arrests Up One-Third from 2016
2017 – TeenVogue: How Immigrants and Refugees Can Protect Their Rights
2017 – San Jose Mercury News: Rumors of ICE Roundups Not True
2017 – Truthout: “It’s Like Torture”: As Legal Fight Continues, Families Are Split by Trump’s Muslim Ban
2017 – KQED: Queer and Undocumented: A Powerful Force in the Dreamer Movement
2017 – Rewire: Immigrants Respond to Trump’s Agenda With Nationwide Strike – Rewire
2016 – Truthout: A Message to Trump: We’re Not Going Back in the Shadows
2016 – Bustle: 27 Activists You Should Be Following On Twitter In 2017 – Bustle
2016 – Paste Magazine: From Obama, Trump Will Inherit an Efficient Deportation Apparatus
2016 – Daily Cal: Undocumented immigrants face uncertainty in wake of Trump’s election
2015 – UndocuQueer Activist Changing the Immigration Debate – we are mitú
2015 – NBC News: New Rule Allows Spouses of H-1B Visa Holders to Work
2015 – India Abroad: Thumbs Up But More Can Be Done
2015 – VOX: Four Big Questions About What Is Next for Immigration Policy
2014 – CCTV America – Prerna Lal and Jon Feere discuss changes to US immigration policy
2014 – KPFA Radio – How Conservatives Are Using Ebola To Promote Anti-Immigrant Laws
2014 – Fusion – Policymakers Slowly Acknowledge What Marketers Have Known For Years: Millenials Exist
2014 – New America Media and PRI – Is Obama Really Deporter in Chief? Depends on whom you ask
2014 – In These Times – The Immigration Movement’s Left Turn
2014 – HuffPostLive- The Triple Package Review
2014 – The Hindu – No Country for Some People
2013 – Autostraddle – Four Immigrant Activists and Undocuqueers
2013 – Al-Jazeera (Video) – Take A Stand on U.S. Immigration Law
2013 – VOXXI – 10 Dreamers’ Stories You Should Know and 10 Dreamers You Should Know
2013 – The Good Fight with Ben Wickler (Progressive Radio)
2013 – Colorlines – 15 Smart Women On Twitter
2013 – NBC Latino – Dream 9 released from custody after 17 days in detainment
2013 – NBC Latino – Undocumented Youth Leave and Re-enter U.S. to Test Immigration Law
2013 – HuffPost Live – Undocumented Students Seek Asylum in the U.S.
2013 – Examiner – ‘DREAM 9’ supporters call for humanitarian parole (Video)
2013 – Associated Press – Youth brough to the U.S. Illegally Leave to Test Law
2013 – Washington Blade – Immigration Equality Chief to Depart
2013 – Associated Press – High Court to Review Immigration Case
2013 – Danish Broadcasting (DR) on immigration reform
2013 – ABCNews – How Gay Families Might Be Included in Immigration Reform
2013 – CNN – Immigrants’ days filled with fear, uncertainty, separation
2013 – New York Times – Thoughts for a Second-Term President
2013 – Colorlines – Where Does Immigration Reform Begin for Same-Sex Couples?
2013 – KWRM radio – Barrio Vibes
2013 – ABC News – 20 Immigration Experts to Follow on Twitter
2012 – Truthout – Undocumented Youth Get Credit for “Waiting in Line” Under Federal Appeals Court Ruling
2012 – Grihashobha (India)
2012 – NousCatalan (Catalan) – Obama festeja el vot llatí per ser reelegit president
2012 – Voice of Russia (Russia): Obama Gives Illegal Youth A Chance
2012 – ARD (Germany) – Obamas “Dream Act” macht Einwanderern Hoffnung
2012 – Departmento 19 (Honduras) – La Historia de Lal
2012 – El Pais (Spain): “Supe a los 21 que era una irregular”
2012 – San Jose Mercury News – Relief Arrives for Young Illegal Immigrants
2012 – Fox News Latino: Despite New Obama Policy, Dreamers March On Washington
2012 – New America Media: It’s More Complicated Than Legal v. Illegal
2012 – EcoTurismo (Brazil): Aceno aos latinos em ano eleitoral
2012 – National Public Radio (NPR): Latino USA
2012 – Forum for Fantastic Future Radio Interview on the Deferred Action program
2012 -The Guardian (United Kingdom): Dream Act Dreamers: “There’s Still So Much We Have to Do“
2012 – MetroWeekly: How It Ends
2012 – The Colorado Independent: Rubio DREAM Alternative Finally Draws Serious Support
2012 – IndiaCurrents Cover Story
2011 – Ambiente Cover – Finding Home Again
2011 – India Abroad: Living in Limbo
2011 – ContraCostaTimes: Government will stop deporting some undocumented immigrants, allow them to work
2011 – Diverse Issues in Higher Education: One Dream Comes True
2011 – Phoenix NewTimes: Undocumented Youth Blocked from Entering the U.S. Workforce Are Starting Their Own Businesses to Survive
2011 – New America Media: Obama is Our Frenemy
2011 – ILW – Bloggings on Deportations and Removal
2011 – GW Hatchet – Law Student Faces Immigration Battle
2011 – The Florida Independent – Immigrant advocates continue to evaluate White House immigration gathering
2011 – Yahoo News! – Some young activists face deportation
2011 – Impre.com – Activista del DREAM Actrecibe orden de deportación
2011 – Multi-America: Dreamers and social media: It’s not your parents’ immigrant network
2011 – AFL-CIO Blog – Young activists, Senators urge Obama to Stop Deportations
2011 – APA for Progress – Stop the Deportation of DreamActivist.org Founder
2011 – Vivir Latino – A DREAM Activist and Friend Faces Deportation
2011 – LongIslandWins – Founder of Activist Blog for Undocumented Youth Now Faces Deportation
2011 – SF Weekly – DREAM Act Leader, Prerna Lal, Faces Deportation
2011 – Crooks and Liars: Obama Is Deporting More Young People Than Ever — Including DREAM Act Advocates Like Prerna Lal
2011 – TruthOut: Obama Is Our “Frenemy” – an Open Letter to Latinos
2011 – Diverse Education – Averting Deportation, Undocumented Student Realizes Dream
2011 – New India Times – Conference Focuses On Xenophobia, Discrimination
2010 – San Jose Mercury News: Democratic Congress Makes One Last Push for the DREAM Act
2010 – SF Weekly: The Education Trap
2010 – MetroTimes: Dream Deferred
2010 – Pacific Citizen: Late Dream Activist’s Brother to Bike Across California to Honor Her Memory
2010 – The Advocate: View from Washington – Universal Stagnation
2010 – Ambiente: Marching Again
2009 – On Air America with Ron Reagan and Dave Bennion
2009 – Busted Borders Project Video
2009 – Radio Australia (Pacific Beat)
2009 – ChicagoNow – The DREAM Act will help Undocumented Youth
2009 – DigiActive – DreamActivist Making DREAMs Reality
2009 – New York Times – Room for Debate (Siblings Divided by Immigration Law)
2009 – New York Times – Room for Debate
(Immigrant Children in Limbo)
2009 – La Voz Houston Chronicle – Dream Act tiene más posibilidad de prosperar que hace dos años
2009 – St Petersburg Times – College DREAM Drives An Army of Undocumented Students
2009 – NAM – Undocumented Students Raise Voices Online
2009 – Global Voices Online – Blogging their Dreams of Citizenship
2009 – Immigration Newsladder – Marching Towards Justice
Immigrant Students, DREAM Act Supporters Hoping Obama Will Take Up Their Cause
2008 – US News & World Report – Should Colleges Allow Illegal Immigrants?
2008 – Chicago Tribune – Immigration Debate Grows from Web roots
2008 – San Francisco Chronicle – Sanctuary City
2008 – Desicritics – My Name Is Prerna And I am Undocumented
2008 – Brave New Films, What Happens to a DREAM Deferred? (Video)
2004 – Oakland Tribune – Denouncing budget cuts
2002 – San Francisco Chronicle – Open to debate / Forensics program helps disadvantaged students gain critical-thinking skills
1994 – The Fiji Times, Rainbow Prepares for Return