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Victoria López

Advocacy and Legal Director, ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Arizona

Bio

Victoria López is the Advocacy and Legal Director at the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Arizona. She was previously a senior staff attorney at the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµNational Prison Project based in Washington, D.C. where she litigated cases and advocated on behalf of people in immigration detention. From 2009 - 2016, she worked at the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Arizona in various capacities including as legal director, policy and advocacy director, and staff attorney. She began practicing removal defense at the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project as an Equal Justice Works fellow, and then served as a staff attorney and executive director. She holds a B.A. from the University of Illinois Champaign and is a 2001 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School. While at the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Arizona she authored the report In Their Own Words: Enduring Abuse in Arizona Immigration Detention Centers.

She began practicing removal defense at the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project as an Equal Justice Works fellow, and then as a staff attorney and executive director. She holds a B.A. from the University of Illinois Champaign and is a 2001 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School.


Featured work

Mar 1, 2019

Rampant Abuses in Immigration Detention Prove ICE Is Rotten to the Core

Rampant Abuses in Immigration Detention Prove ICE Is Rotten to the Core

Nov 6, 2018

ICE Detention Center Says It’s Not Responsible for Staff's Sexual Abuse of Detainees

ICE Detention Center Says It’s Not Responsible for Staff's Sexual Abuse of Detainees

Nov 1, 2018

Warehousing Immigrant Children in the Texas Desert

Warehousing Immigrant Children in the Texas Desert

Aug 1, 2018

The Trump Administration Is Preventing Detained Immigrants From Practicing Their Religion

The Trump Administration Is Preventing Detained Immigrants From Practicing Their Religion

Jul 3, 2018

The Department of Homeland Security’s Own Watchdog Says ICE Detention Inspections Are Meaningless

The Department of Homeland Security’s Own Watchdog Says ICE Detention Inspections Are Meaningless

Jun 21, 2018

Substandard Medical Care Is Killing People in U.S. Immigration Prisons

Substandard Medical Care Is Killing People in U.S. Immigration Prisons

May 3, 2018

Working to Uncover How ICE Treats Pregnant Women in Detention

Working to Uncover How ICE Treats Pregnant Women in Detention

Dec 15, 2017

Watchdog Agency ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ Report on ICE Abuse as Agency Seeks to Acquire New Detention Centers

Watchdog Agency ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ Report on ICE Abuse as Agency Seeks to Acquire New Detention Centers

Sep 26, 2017

The Federal Government Is Detaining Pregnant Immigrants in Violation of Its Own Policy

The Federal Government Is Detaining Pregnant Immigrants in Violation of Its Own Policy

Aug 28, 2017

ICE Plans to Start Destroying Records of Immigrant Abuse, Including Sexual Assault and Deaths in Custody

ICE Plans to Start Destroying Records of Immigrant Abuse, Including Sexual Assault and Deaths in Custody