Bio
As the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û’s first Director of Border Strategies, Jonathan Blazer drives ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û’s efforts to build strong and sustained support for humane border policies, working in close collaboration with ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û’s southern border affiliates. Jon returned to ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û in 2020 after working as a Senior Program Officer at the Four Freedoms Fund and serving as California Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s immigration advisor. Previously, he worked for twelve years in related positions at the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û and the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), engaging in or supporting hundreds of battles for immigrants’ rights at the state and local levels, while also working to connect these fights to federal advocacy efforts and longer-term strategies for social change. He started his legal career working as a legal services attorney in Philadelphia, where he founded the Language Access Project of Community Legal Services. Jon is based in ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û’s San Francisco office.
Featured work
Nov 2, 2023
White Supremacy is Fueling Extreme Anti-Immigrant Policy in Texas
Jan 26, 2023
Biden Must Reverse Plans to Revive Deadly Trump-era Asylum Bans
Sep 29, 2022
Five Things to Know ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û the Right to Seek Asylum
Mar 29, 2022
Title 42 Isn’t Supported By Science — The CDC Must End it Now
Jul 21, 2021
Secretary Mayorkas Pledged to End His Agency’s Anti-Immigrant Abuses. Here’s What He’s Delivered.
May 29, 2015
Nebraska Legislature Overrides Governor's Veto and Gives Dreamers Their License to Drive
Dec 30, 2013
States Surge Forward on Immigrants' Rights in 2013
May 31, 2013
With all Eyes on Congress, States Lead the Way on Better Laws Towards Immigrants
May 19, 2012
Bentley’s Buckling on Immigration Bill Sinks Alabama into Deeper Morass
Mar 23, 2012
Newest Anti-Immigrant Law Will Further Damage Georgia