Chacón Center for Immigrant Justice

based at @UMDLaw | training next generation of immigration lawyers | focused on asylum and crim-imm | furthering racial justice and equality for immigrants

[Recovering Carceral Feminist-Ask Me How! @LeighGoodmark]

Gearing up to launch our Federal Appellate Immigration Clinic in Jan by supporting @gqkdefense in her oral argument at the 4th Cir federal Court of Appeals. Fired up for justice! @Aad_Pad @LawProfMSweeney @ChaconCenterUMD #appellatetwitter

[Recovering Carceral Feminist-Ask Me How! @LeighGoodmark]

Immigration clinic students filed asylum applications and attended interviews for a family that was evacuated from Afghanistan by the US military after being targeted for working with US contractors and for teaching English to children. @ChaconCenterUMd

[Chacón Center for Immigrant Justice @ChaconCenterUMd]

Our very own co-director @gqkdefense argued a case before the Fourth Circuit yesterday in defense of a young man's application for protection in the United States!

[Maureen Sweeney @LawProfMSweeney]

@ChaconCenterUMd represented today at at the federal Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. @gqkdefense the amazing Gabriela Quercia Kahrl argued powerfully to keep a young man from being sent back to torture. I couldn’t be prouder of her!@UMDLaw @Aad_Pad

[HaitianBridge @HaitianBridge]

1/4🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
The admin extended and redesignated #TPSforHaiti!

We welcome and rejoice this much-needed announcement from the Biden administration.

[Renée Hutchins Laurent @reneemhutchins]

Good luck to all @UMDLaw students who began final exams today!! Hang in there. You’ve got this ❤️💛🖤

[Chacón Center for Immigrant Justice @ChaconCenterUMd]

Great opportunity to join in the efforts to call on Congress to pass the urgently needed #AfghanAdjustmentAct!

[Project ANAR @project_anar]

Join us this week for a virtual phone bank to call on Congress to pass the #AfghanAdjustmentAct! We'll give you context for the AAA, explain the urgency around getting it passed NOW, and make calls together! https://t.co/yugCMs4bet

[Adolfo Flores @aflores]

My last story for @BuzzFeedNews looks at the racist history of the law the Trump administration used to separate families at the border and how federal defenders are using it to fight illegal reentry charges for immigrants. https://t.co/v84gh7wVpM

[IRAP @IRAP]

NEW court order in Allies v. Blinken challenging unreasonable delays in SIV process for Afghan and Iraqi allies: Judge Chutkan REJECTS the USG request to get out of their court-ordered obligations. A 🧵:

[Forum @forum_together]

🎵 This year, we've been listening to Americans' readiness for meaningful immigration reform. Congress should give it a listen too. 🎵

[Chacón Center for Immigrant Justice @ChaconCenterUMd]

Congratulations to Hannah and her clients! We are honored to work alongside such amazing professors and students in the @UMDLaw Clinical Program!!

[Lila Meadows @lila__meadows]

@UMDLaw student attorney @HannahLafargue just helped put an end to 18 months of unjust family separation for her client. A mother and child will be together again tonight because of her advocacy & the extraordinary efforts of our Law & Social Work Services team.

[José Díaz-Balart Reports @JDBalartMSNBC]

“This case could have significant ramifications that go even far beyond immigration law.”

@immcouncil's @ReichlinMelnick explains that the Supreme Court heard an immigration case that could also affect how states sue the federal government.

@jdbalart
@MSNBC

[Nayna Gupta @nayna_gupta]

Kenault is 1 of 11 unjustly deported people featured in my @NIJC #ChancetoComeHome paper—which offers @POTUS a roadmap for a central process to give people like a Kenault a #ChancetoComeHome to reunite w family & community. ♥️♥️
https://t.co/NBxHPIVpRn

[Nayna Gupta @nayna_gupta]

@nytimes includes Kenault Lawrence, deported & separated from his newborn son & decades of U.S. life b/c of marijuana. Kenault returned to the US & reunited w his family last year after a decade of fighting for a #ChancetoComeHome. But hundreds of others won’t have this chance.

[Refugee Congress @RefugeeCongress]

Black immigrant lives matter. That is why we support @haitianbridge and 400+ organizations requesting for @POTUS @VP @SecMayorkas to #DefendBlackMigrants and extend and redesignate #TPSforHaiti. Read more: https://t.co/BZYwj2HaDs @SecBlinken @WHAAsstSecty @Ambrice46

[Human Rights First @humanrights1st]

"To turn our backs on this problem and those who provided essential support to the United States would be a stain on our honor and haunt us for generations,” says @LindseyGrahamSC in the @TheAtlantic.

Agreed. We must pass the #AfghanAdjustmentAct.

https://t.co/l3CxXUHcs3

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

This Tuesday, #SCOTUS will hear United States v Texas. It may become one of the most consequential immigration cases of all time—less because of its direct impact and more because of the precedential shrapnel the Court might produce. Here's a 🧵 on one of the biggest stakes:

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[Immigrant Food @immigrantfooddc]

🧵Each week, we pull together 5 tangible ways you can engage with the #ImmigrantCommunity around you.

This Giving Tuesday, consider giving your time, money and kindness to support local communities!

[The Afghan-American Foundation @Afghan_American]

It’s now or never. It’s time to pass the #AfghanAdjustmentAct.

Raise your voice: https://t.co/IjTmQMAR6L

#ThisIsHome #KeepThePromise #FinishTheMission #AAAFireWatch

[America's Voice @AmericasVoice]

Creating a pathway to citizenship for all undocumented immigrants already living in the U.S. will boost the U.S. economy, create jobs and increase wages for ALL Americans.

No more excuses. It is time for Congress to act.

[Maureen Sweeney @LawProfMSweeney]

⁦@ChaconCenterUMd⁩ and ⁦@UMDLaw⁩ alum ⁦@HillaryScholten⁩ arrives on Capitol Hill with other newly elected members of Congress