Not exact matches
«We can not support arbitrary
cuts to future
legal immigration levels,» said Daniel Garza, president of The LIBRE Initiative, which is backed by the Koch brothers.
And — together with
legal aid
cuts and over 45,000 new
immigration rules since 2010 — it has helped make it impossible for people to sort out their
legal situation.
He plans additional actions to
cut back on
legal immigration, including barring Syrian refugees from entering the U.S.
«Meanwhile,
legal aid
cuts have left many vulnerable people, including those detained in
immigration detention, without access to the help they need.»
Martha spoke about the impact of
legal aid
cuts as well as the ongoing scandal of indefinite
immigration detention.
The idea of crowdfunding for access to justice also gathered momentum in October, with the Howard League for Penal Reform and Prisoners Advice Service crowdfunding for their challenge to the
legal aid
cuts for prison law and the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants also using CrowdJustice to raise funds to challenge the government's decision to increase asylum and
immigration tribunal fees by up to 500 %.
, NLJ, 6 January 2017, p 8) and the recent Amnesty International report which made the case for reinstating public funding for cases involving young people, welfare benefits,
immigration cases involving human rights and initial advice for private family cases («
Cuts that Hurt: The impact of legal aid cuts on access to justice», Amnesty International, 20
Cuts that Hurt: The impact of
legal aid
cuts on access to justice», Amnesty International, 20
cuts on access to justice», Amnesty International, 2016).
Those
cuts will include no longer operating the law clinic, which provides pro bono
legal service primarily in
immigration and employment law fields.