Schey led the case that overturned California's Proposition 187, the controversial initiative to deny government services to undocumented immigrants.
Peter Schey, who championed the rights of immigrants over decades as a Los Angeles attorney and led the case that overturned Proposition 187, the controversial initiative to deny government services to undocumented immigrants, died of complications from lymphoma Tuesday at age 77.
As COVID-19 spread through detention facilities in 2020, he came under fire from fellow attorneys who disagreed with his position that detained parents could choose between remaining detained with their children or allowing their children to be released without them. The other attorneys, from RAICES Texas and Aldea — The People's Justice Center, called the decision 'sanctioned family separation.
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