Washington, D.C. (March 31, 2010) - The Immigrant Legal Resource Center and the University of California at Davis, Immigration Law Clinic applauds the Supreme Court's decision issued today in a landmark decision in Padilla v. Kentucky, holding that defense lawyers must affirmatively advise their clients about the immigration consequences of pleading guilty.

The Supreme Court's decision is of particular importance to California, which by some statistics represents 26.3% of the total foreign-born population and 22.6% of the total undocumented population in the United States.

Designed to help agencies that work with immigrants and their U.S. citizen family members to inform them about immigration service provider fraud, the newly expanded toolkit also includes a training video. The video and curriculum are meant to work in tandem with the anti-fraud know your rights handouts, comic books, bus signs, district attorney handbook and various anti-fraud materials included on our website.