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Recent Highlights

 

7 student attorneys and 9 law student volunteers worked to protect and advance the rights of FIRC’s clients, lifting their voices and supporting them in their fight for immigration status.   

Students provided holistic representation to 38 community members from 7 countries in humanitarian-based immigration cases, including:

► Deportation Defense

 Asylum

► Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)

► Temporary Protected Status (TPS)

► U Nonimmigrant Status (U Visas)

► Refugee Family Petition

► Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Self-Petition

► Application for Permanent Residency 

► Cancellation of Removal

► Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) 

Students completed legal screenings and intakes for an additional 36 community members and provided limited legal services, including:

► Pro se motions to change venue of deportation proceedings

 Advocacy with ICE to remove ankle monitors and change reporting locations

 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to obtain immigration files

► Applications for employment authorization

► Connecting community members with pro bono counsel

► Connecting community members to community resources and service providers

► Brief legal advice letters


    Students prevailed in state court proceedings and petitions for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) on behalf of Central American children who fled domestic and gang violence. With SIJS, these children can finally become permanent U.S. residents and pursue their dreams in safety

    Students met with community members to conduct legal screening workshops and identified undocumented community members who may be eligible for a pathway to citizenship.

    Students adapted community education to the restraints of the pandemic by creating bilingual community legal education videos that have been viewed over 725 times.

    Students continued to advocate for a more just and fair immigration system, submitting public comments to educate the federal government on the potential impact of proposed federal rules that would affect the rights of the asylum seekers and DACA recipients the students represent.

    Students continued worked on a high-impact litigation case on behalf of a farmworker family whom ICE is attempting to deport despite their long-term residence in the United States, U.S. citizen children, and roles as essential workers during the pandemic. The outcome of the case has the potential of benefitting thousands of immigrants who received deficient notices to appear in immigration court.