Ignacia Rodriguez Kmec is an attorney primarily focused on immigration relief policies and issues at the intersection of immigration and education. She engages in legislative and administrative advocacy focusing on immigration executive actions and congressional action on immigration. She also engages in policy analysis, education, and advocacy to support the integration of low-income immigrant youth and children through access to education.
Her experience as an activist in the immigrants’ rights movement and as an undocumented student has led to her devotion to improving the lives of low-income immigrants. She holds an A.A. from Santa Monica College, a B.A. from UCLA, and a J.D. from UCLA School of Law. She is a licensed attorney in North Carolina and California.
Ignacia enjoys spending time with her family and talking to people about books, music, movies, and TV shows.
Higher Education for Immigrant Students
Aug 1, 2024 This toolkit provides resources for students, advocates, and legislators interested in...
Tracking DACA Recipients’ Access to Health Care
Jun 13, 2022 This resource reports on findings from a survey of 1,021 DACA recipients administered by Tom K. Wong of the University of California, San Diego, United We Dream, the National Immigration Law Center, and the Center for American Progress, in...
Caught in an Educational Dragnet: How the School-to-Deportation Pipeline Harms Immigrant Youth and Youth of Color
May 19, 2022 In 2017, a high school sophomore named Alex doodled the name of his Honduran hometown and his...
USCIS Fee Schedule Changes Expected to Go Into Effect April 1st
Talia Horrow and Ignacia Rodriguez Kmec
Mar 25, 2024 On January 31, 2024, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published the updated U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Fee Schedule. This final rule published in the Federal Register aimed to adjust certain benefit request...