Through the use of social media, they have been credited for organising an online network to stop the deportations of undocumented youth[1] and they are well known as one of the pivotal figures and leaders of the DREAM Act movement.

Having limited career options as an undocumented immigrant, they continued their schooling at San Francisco State University where they obtained a Masters in International Relations.

[10] By combining story-telling, legal advocacy, lobbying and social media as organising tactics, Lal effectively helped to stop the deportations of dozens of undocumented immigrants.

[12] In 2011, the South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT), honoured Lal with a Changemaker Award on the 10th anniversary of 9–11, for their leadership role in the undocumented youth movement.

[18] Most recently, Lal served on the board of the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, the only philanthropic organization working to advance LGBT human rights worldwide.

In 2014, Lal became a staff attorney at Advancing Justice | AAJC, in Washington D.C., focusing on immigration enforcement matters, and spearheaded successful campaigns to establish parole for the family members of Filipino war veterans as well as TPS for Nepal.

In 2015, Lal joined the UC Berkeley Undocumented Student Program project as an Immigration Attorney, in partnership with the East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC).

[23] After a groundswell of public pressure and outcry from the same network of supporters that Lal had helped to create, the Department of Homeland Security offered to drop proceedings.