Our topic today is understanding some immigration fundamentals and the realities DACA students face. Our guests are:

Sujata Gupta Winfield was born in Kolkata, India.  Her studies in law, and her desire to practice law for the poor and disadvantaged, were transferred to Athens, GA, when she married Richard Dien Winfield, a professor of Philosophy at the University of Georgia, whom she had met in art class in New York city.  

After completing her law studies at the University of Georgia law school in 1987, Sujata practiced employment discrimination and minimum wage-overtime law and then immigration law.  Since 2003, she has been running a solo immigration practice, Sujata Gupta Winfield LLC. 

Sujata continues her dream of representing the disadvantaged ... which in immigration law, comprises all peoples wanting to live in the United States temporarily or permanently, who are attempting to maneuver the complicated immigration system, but particularly, people who come from Mexico and Central America. 

Sujata's practice includes family and humanitarian visas and green cards, naturalization and asylum applications, and deportation defense in immigration court.

JoBeth Allen retired after 28 years of teaching in UGA’s College of education. In 2014, along with educator from CCSD and UGA, she co-founded and continues to co-direct U-Lead Athens. She loves reading, cooking and eating locally grown produce, spending time with her 5 grandchildren, and working with Athens Immigrant Rights Coalition to make Athens a safe and equitable home for immigrants who are un(der)documented.