'I'm Going to Fight for My Clients More Than Anybody Else': An Undocumented Lawyer Speaks Out

“I went to law school hoping that things will change, but also being ready to change them if they didn’t,” says Lizbeth Mateo, who is undocumented. She went to law school before it was ever legal for her to practice as an undocumented person. “If we don’t fight for ourselves, no one else is going to do it.”