Sentences with phrase «unaccompanied child immigration»

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But six years on, although the numbers are lower than before, the government is still locking up unaccompanied children in immigration detention who it mistakenly thought were adults.

Councilman Carlos Menchaca, chair of the Immigration Committee, compared the flood of unaccompanied children into the country to Hurricane Sandy.

Public Advocate Letitia James is calling on lawyers to help represent unaccompanied children pro bono in federal immigration cases — and said she'd join them.

Just under half of the 66,000 children who entered the country unaccompanied frmo Central American and are now appearing before the New York City Immigration Court have no attorney.

The Council has previously taken steps to help provide lawyers for unaccompanied minors appearing in immigration courts in New York, putting up funding to connect the children with legal services.

She boosted the city budget to include more money to connect unaccompanied minor children facing immigration cases with lawyers to argue on their behalf in court during an immigration surge docket.

The speaker noted that under her tenure, the City Council has passed legislation significantly reducing the city's cooperation with immigration enforcement efforts except in the cases of violent offenders, and that it has fully financed programs that offer universal representation to detained immigrants and unaccompanied minors and young mothers with children placed in expedited removal proceedings.

Americans for Immigrant Justice Non-profit law firm that champions the rights of unaccompanied immigrant children; advocates for survivors of trafficking and domestic violence; serves as a watchdog on immigration detention practices and policies; and speaks for immigrant groups who have particular and compelling claims to justice.

The absurdity of this was recognised as early as June 2013 by the Human Rights Joint Committee who urged the government to «pay attention to the impact of withdrawing legal aid for non asylum immigration matters» and «consider the cost - benefit case for providing legal aid to all unaccompanied migrant children».

Representing Abused, Abandoned, Neglected Unaccompanied Minors in State Court Proceedings, Continuing Legal Education Pro Bono Seminars held in January, 2003 (co-sponsored by Children & Youth Law Clinic, Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center and the American Immigration Lawyers Association; March, 2003 (co-sponsored by FIAC and Holland & Knight); and July, 2003 (co-sponsored by Legal Aid Service of Broward County, Broward Lawyers Care, and FIAC).

The Unaccompanied Children Resource Center launched in early 2015 as a joint project of the Immigration Advocates Network and the American Bar Association.

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 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 immigration courts in the locations in which members will serve.

The Unaccompanied Minors Project is a partnership between McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Pro Bono Law Ontario, the Immigration and Refugee Board, and Peel Children's Aid.

During her clinical work as an MFT trainee, she provided individual, couples and group psychotherapy services to children, unaccompanied minors, adolescents and adults presenting an array of symptoms including depression, anxiety, postpartum depression, immigration trauma, and PTSD.

The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration has published a report looking at the Home Office's handling of unaccompanied asylum seeking children and how...