Sentences with phrase «immigrant legal defense»

«This $ 10 million in state funding for immigrant legal defense will go a long way towards ensuring that the immigration process is fair to all parties involved and that New York welcomes and values its immigrant communities.»

It ends with a plug for the Liberty Defense Project, a public - private partnership offering free immigrant legal defense.

The Independent Democratic Conference is happy to put its record of accomplishments — a $ 15 minimum wage, a $ 10 million dollar immigrant legal defense fund and the strongest paid family leave program in the nation — against the do nothing Working Families Party,» she said.

Rather, it appears the organization for now is promoting an immigrant legal defense fund — as well as the governor himself.

But the proposal does include millions of dollar set aside for immigrant legal defense, a measure sought by the Independent Democratic Conference.

«This governor created the Office of New Americans, launched the Naturalize NY initiative to cover the costs of immigrants seeking to become citizens and launched a $ 10 million immigrant legal defense fund,» Azzopardi said.

Mark - Viverito and Queens Councilman Julissa Ferreras - Copeland, requested the funding for immigrant legal defense services in the response they released earlier this month.

Cuomo trumpeted his immigrant legal defense fund as a response to President Trump's «dramatic plans» to restrict immigration and deport undocumented people.

The group last week unveiled an ad featuring Cuomo and celebrities touting an immigrant legal defense fund.

The Independent Democratic Conference recognized the true urgency for funding immigrant legal defense services and delivered to ensure that families aren't torn apart.

Not exact matches

«Senator Alcantara has delivered progressive results for her constituents, including raising the age of criminal responsibility and securing $ 10m in funding for legal defense for immigrants facing deportation,» she said.

Mark - Viverito, an outspoken progressive, pushed as speaker for more stringent limits on police cooperation with immigration officials about undocumented immigrants in their custody and developed a free legal defense fund for immigrants facing possible deportation.

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As part of this initiative and its participation in Governor Andrew Cuomo's Liberty Defense Project, the State Bar Association will continue to offer continuing legal education (CLE) programs for attorneys seeking to represent immigrants in civil detention, administrative and removal proceedings.

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The governor announced he's putting together a public - private legal defense fund to help immigrants who can't afford their own defense if they are targeted by the federal government.

When asked about what the legislature has done to protect New Yorkers from the policies of Donald Trump, both Cuomo's office and a spokesperson for the IDC pointed to the $ 10 million set aside in the budget for an immigrant defense fund to ensure that undocumented immigrants have access to legal representation.

«We will be putting together a public - private legal defense fund to provide immigrants who can't afford their own defense,» Cuomo said.

She praised the the governor's emergency legal defense fund for immigrants that he launched last month but called on him to make it sustainable and usable for New York City immigrants.

Cuomo said this year's state budget allocates $ 10 million to the Liberty Defense Fund, a program launched last year to provide legal assistance for immigrants targeted by ICE raids.

The video features a mix of celebrities and Cuomo, and touts the Liberty Defense Project which is aimed at providing legal assistance to the state's immigrant population.

The heightened concern comes as Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday announced plans to create a legal defense fund for immigrants in New York, regardless of their status.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo last week announced the creation of a legal defense fund for immigrants.

Last month, Cuomo announced the planned creation of a legal defense project for immigrants in need of education and legal services, David said.

On Tuesday, the City Council inserted a provision that allows even those convicted of serious crimes to benefit from $ 26 million earmarked for the legal defense of immigrants in deportation proceedings.

Klein's turncoat coterie has insisted that their relationship with Republicans has enabled the passage of liberal measures — including paid family leave, a minimum wage hike, laws barring the prosecution of minors as adults for certain nonviolent offenses and the creation fund for the legal defense of undocumented immigrants.

He said that in addition to raise the age, the new state budget contained «a lot of smart things,» including legal defense services for immigrants and free tuition at CUNY and SUNY for families with annual incomes below $ 125,000, measures he said other states would try to duplicate.

New York state will now offer legal counsel to immigrants facing deportation as part of a $ 11.5 million expansion to the Liberty Defense Project.

Mancheno pointed to a study by the Immigrant Defense Project that surveyed 235 legal providers throughout New York State.

New York state is offering legal counsel to immigrants facing deportation as part of a $ 11.5 million expansion to the Liberty Defense Project.

The funding is designed to build on the Liberty Defense Project, a public / private partnership Cuomo recently announced that will offer pro-bono legal services and other resources to immigrants regardless of their status.

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Starting immediately, the IDC's new Immigrant Defense Coalition will operate out of each member's district office to provide legal services, resources and any assistance to immigrants and their families.

New York set aside $ 10 million for the legal defense of immigrants targeted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement just days after ICE announced the arrest of hundreds of people in the state.

Immigrants» Rights FAQ - MALDEF The Mexican American Legal Defense Fund (MALDEF) offers an FAQ on immigrant rights for students, educators and social service providers.

But now, for the first time in over a century, Chinatown's core population may be shifting away from recent immigrants, according to a report from the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund published in 2013.

Brought to you by: The Immigrant Defense Project, The National Immigration Project & The Immigrant Legal Resource Center Site Implementation by Akiva Rubin

He has helped numerous immigrants obtain legal status through the Boston Immigration Court and has worked extensively with the Massachusetts Innocence Program and the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers to advance the interests of justice in the Commonwealth.

Denver launches growing immigrant defense fund to aid people with problems stemming from their legal status.

Internships are also available with the BDS Immigration Practice in three focus areas: Padilla, where attorneys work closely with BDS criminal defenders to avoid or minimize negative immigration consequences of their noncitizen clients» criminal cases pursuant to our obligations under the Supreme Court's decision in Padilla v. Kentucky; the Youth and Communities Project providing BDS clients and Brooklyn residents with affirmative immigration benefits and removal defense; and the New York Immigrant Family Unity Project (NYIFUP), a first - in - the - nation program that provides legal representation for indigent New Yorkers in detained removal proceedings.

Through this initiative, Equal Justice Works is partnering with Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Kids In Need of Defense (KIND), and the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) to place 55 legal professionals — lawyers and paralegals — in 14 cities across the United StLegal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Kids In Need of Defense (KIND), and the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) to place 55 legal professionals — lawyers and paralegals — in 14 cities across the United Stlegal professionals — lawyers and paralegals — in 14 cities across the United States.

The bulk of the Justice Department grant — $ 1.2 million — Stern's organization will share with the Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc.; Kids in Need of Defense; and the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants.

Equal Justice Works, in partnership with Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC), Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), and the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), will receive $ 1.2 million — more than half of the total funding — to deploy 55 full - time Members (45 lawyers and 10 paralegals) to provide legal representation to unaccompanied children, build pro bono capacity to support that population, and increase the effectiveness and efficiency of immigration courts in the locations in which members will sLegal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC), Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), and the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), will receive $ 1.2 million — more than half of the total funding — to deploy 55 full - time Members (45 lawyers and 10 paralegals) to provide legal representation to unaccompanied children, build pro bono capacity to support that population, and increase the effectiveness and efficiency of immigration courts in the locations in which members will slegal representation to unaccompanied children, build pro bono capacity to support that population, and increase the effectiveness and efficiency of immigration courts in the locations in which members will serve.

Staffed by the Immigrant Defense Project, the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, and the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, the Defending Immigrants Partnership collaborates with public defender offices and criminal defense organizations on behalf of noncitizens facing criminal cDefense Project, the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, and the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, the Defending Immigrants Partnership collaborates with public defender offices and criminal defense organizations on behalf of noncitizens facing criminal cdefense organizations on behalf of noncitizens facing criminal charges.

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) KIND, like the Unaccompanied Minors Project, is an organization that assists unaccompanied immigrant children in need of legal counsel in the United States.