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Chaudhary will advice the Mayor and the Board of Supervisors on immigrant issues in the city and county of SF
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She will deal with asylum seekers seeking asylum on the basis of gender-based violence or persecution they have suffered in their home countries
Kudrat Dutta Chaudhary, a young lawyer originally from Chandigarh, has been appointed the Commissioner of Immigrants Rights at San Francisco. She is the first South Asian and Indian in this position.
As a Commissioner, Chaudhary will advice the Mayor and the Board of Supervisors on immigrant issues in the city and county of SF. She will deal with asylum seekers seeking asylum on the basis of gender-based violence or persecution they have suffered in their home countries
The process of becoming a Commissioner requires an application, shortlisting of candidates and then the nominated candidates are given an opportunity to present their candidature to the Rules Committee. The Rules committee then makes final candidature recommendations to the Board of Supervisors and they then vote on it.
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She has been very active in advocacy in San Francisco
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Kudrat heads the women’s march San Francisco and is the first South Asian Commissioner on the Immigrant Rights Commission for the city and county of San Francisco
Chaudhary earned a unanimous vote from the Board of Supervisors for her position.
After graduating from the Army Institute of Law, Kudrat Dutta Chaudhary studied at the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy and graduated with an LL.M in International Laws.
While in graduate school, Chaudhary focussed on Gender Analysis in International law and went on to work as a Gender Rights Specialist at the Law Office of Robert B. Jobe in August 2019.
In San Francisco, she has been very active in advocacy. She heads the women’s march San Francisco and is the first South Asian Commissioner on the Immigrant Rights Commission for the city and county of San Francisco.
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