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Immigrants in Detention Centers Are Often Hundreds of Miles From Legal Help
In this investigation, ProPublica demonstrates the benefits and importance of having access to free legal representation during deportation proceedings. As our client Romniel shared with…
Mayor de Blasio blasted for proposal denying free legal help to immigrants with certain convictions
“Under Mayor de Blasio’s proposal someone like me would not deserve free immigration representation. I believe this is cruel and unfair. No one should be…
Non-Profit Offers Free Legal Representation, Services To North Tulsa Mothers
“Oklahoma is sending the highest recorded number of women to prison, but a new non-profit program based in north Tulsa is trying to buck that…
Holistic legal aid program Still She Rises begins taking clients in north Tulsa
“What we knew initially was that we wanted to create a holistic law defender law office that could represent women in the criminal justice system,…
The Trump Era Tests the True Power of Sanctuary Cities
Is the City of New York doing everything it can to ensure safety and due process for immigrant communities? In this interview with The New…
Trapping immigrants using NYC courts
“Allowing ICE to use the city’s court system to trap immigrants is immoral. If New York City is to live up to its promise as…
NYT: Black Children’s Welfare
Erin Cloud, a supervising attorney of our Family Defense Practice, writes a Letter to the Editor to Stacy Patton to clarify the ways in which…
Vox: A former inmate on the perils of life after prison
“I have yet to speak with or to hear an employer who employs a formerly incarcerated person complain about the quality and the passion of…
A Critical Civil Rights Tool Is on the Chopping Block
“With threats to the balance of power in this country on the rise, protecting the class action is urgent. Courts can serve as a check…
BxD’s Walter Rodriguez Interview with BronxNet TV
Walter Rodriguez, Director of Community Organizing at The Bronx Defenders, sits with Daren Jaime of BronxNet TV to discuss our mission and the importance of…