USCRI EXPANDS LEGAL SERVICES FOR UNACCOMPANIED IMMIGRANT CHILDREN

Newsletter  |  Fall 2014 Vol. 18, Issue No. 3 The US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) has awarded AI Justice a million dollar one year grant to expand direct legal representation services for Central American unaccompanied minor children after their release from government custody. This is part of a pilot program that targets children’s cases in eight immigration courts …

SPOTLIGHT ON LUCHA

Newsletter  |  Fall 2014 Vol. 18, Issue No. 3 Did you know that an abuser can use their partner’s immigration status as a tool to exert further power and control in a violent relationship?  Abusers may fail to file papers on their spouses’ behalf that would allow them to obtain legal status so that they can continue to abuse them.   …

AI Justice Training

AI JUSTICE IN THE COMMUNITY

Newsletter  |  Fall 2014 Vol. 18, Issue No. 3 AI Justice is working closely with Catholic Charities Legal Services, AILA, CABA, FIU and UM to train attorneys willing to offer pro bono services to unaccompanied minors from Central America whose court cases have been “fast tracked.”  Three trainings for attorneys in private practice were conducted in the past few months …

THE LEGAL EQUIVALENT OF TRIAGE IN AN EMERGENCY ROOM…

Last month, the Daily Business Review published a story about the “rocket dockets” which have been adopted here in Miami to push unaccompanied minors through the legal system.  Four full-time judges and one part-time judge see up to 150 kids a day – as many as 60 cases per judge.  So what does the “rocket docket” look like in action? On Tuesday …

Spring 2014 Client Success Stories

Newsletter  |  Spring 2014 Vol. 18, Issue No. 2 Children’s Success Story: Alfonso Five year old Alfonso was found screaming, alone in his apartment after his mother had been deported.  His father was incarcerated and with no other family that could be located, he was placed in foster care in Miami Dade County. His foster mother, Tamara, decided to legally …

AI Justice Summer Law Clerks

AI JUSTICE WELCOMES SUMMER LAW CLERKS

Newsletter  |  Spring 2014 Vol. 18, Issue No. 2 Each summer, AI Justice is excited to welcome an energetic, inspired group of law students who want to contribute their time and effort to our organization and our clients.  They work alongside our attorneys and paralegals in each of our legal programs.  This year, we have 8 law clerks from UM …

AI JUSTICE SHARING EXPERTISE IN THE COMMUNITY

Newsletter  |  Spring 2014 Vol. 18, Issue No. 2 Thanks to the generous support of our funders, our attorneys are able to share their expertise with our community: ·         AI Justice Children’s Program, along with FIU College of Law’s Immigrant Children’s Justice Clinic and UM’s Children and Youth Law Clinic, trained nearly 30 attorneys on representing children eligible for special …