--- title: Kica Matos | TIME description: Kica Matos is president of the National Immigration Law Center and a distinguished practitioner at Yale University. She is this year’s recipient of the Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship. canonical: https://time.com/author/kica-matos/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/kica-matos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Kica Matos ## Kica Matos Kica Matos is president of the National Immigration Law Center and a distinguished practitioner at Yale University. She is this year’s [recipient](https://www.puffinfoundation.org/2024-kica-matos/) of the Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship. ## Kica Matos *  Jul 17, 2026 ### [When ICE Kills, We Cannot Look Away](https://time.com/article/2026/07/17/when-ice-kills-we-cannot-look-away/) “Our collective power to hold ICE accountable starts with looking out for our neighbors,” writes Kic... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 30, 2026 ### [Minnesota and the Threat of American Authoritarianism](https://time.com/7362221/minnesota-threat-of-american-authoritarianism/) "This fight is not just about protecting immigrants—it is about protecting American democracy," writ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 10, 2025 ### [The Danger of Trump’s War Threats](https://time.com/7332384/danger-trumps-war-threats/) Trump's claims that the U.S. is at war with drug cartels and faces a 'war from within' threaten our ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 2, 2025 ### [Trump’s Attacks on Immigrants are an Attack on us All](https://time.com/7280107/trumps-attacks-on-immigrants/) The assault on immigrants demands our concern. We must also recognize it as the opening step toward ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/kica-matos/","name":"Kica Matos"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/kica-matos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/kica-matos/"},"name":"Kica Matos","jobTitle":"Contributor","description":"Kica Matos is president of the National Immigration Law Center and a distinguished practitioner at Yale University. She is this year’s recipient of the Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship.","url":"https://time.com/author/kica-matos/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```