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The Intercept: ICE Evades Sanctuary Rules by Using NYPD Fingerprints to Find Immigrants and Send Them Call-in Letters
Sarah Deri Oshiro, Managing Director of the Immigration Practice, and immigration attorney Lauren Migliaccio speak with The Intercept on ICE’s recent adoption of call-in letters…
The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, WNYC, others cover filing of class action
The Bronx Defenders filed a lawsuit against the City of New York and the NYPD for illegally using and sharing information from sealed arrest records…
The New York Times: Boehner Benefits From Weed. Blacks Are in Prison for Using It.
“The reality is that when a problem has a white face, the government and law enforcement agencies are more likely to react sensibly to that…
NYU Law News: Justine Olderman ’98 succeeds Robin Steinberg ’82 as executive director of The Bronx Defenders
“There was no psychological divider between the communities the organization was serving and the people who worked for the institution. And everything I discovered about…
NICHQ: Our Systems Meant to Help Are Hurting Black Families
“I’ve seen too many black mothers separated from their babies at birth. What’s even more concerning is that these calls largely revolve around issues of…
The New York Times: Don’t Let the Police Wreck Stop-and-Frisk Reforms
“Most people think we won the stop-and-frisk case in 2013, when a federal court ruled the New York City Police Department’s use of the practice…
Jezebel: How the Child Welfare System Criminalizes Black and Brown Motherhood
“When we listen to reporting in the media that tends to be pro-removal of children, parents are bad, black mothers are bad…you’re reading that more…
BxD’s Justine Olderman Interview with BronxNet TV’s “Today’s Verdict”
“What we’re trying to do is redefine public defense and in doing so, transform the way that people are treated in our justice system…we go…
USA Today: When cops lie under oath, prosecutors must take some blame
“As a public defender, I have seen innocent people’s lives devastated by charges resulting from lies by police…But police do not go straight from the…
Quartz: The case for Spanish-speaking courts in places like the Bronx—and all over the US
“Simply put, Spanish-speaking Americans rarely receive their constitutional right to a fair and speedy trial. ‘If we’re trying to have a fair justice system, then…