Tag: indigent legal services

NYT Boards The ‘Civil Gideon’ Train, Sort Of

Talk about an early Christmas gift: The New York Times has discovered the Civil Gideon issue! A Nov. 22 report focuses on a California program to assist people facing eviction, but it extends the conversation into the national… Read More

U.S. Seeking Lawyers To Help Border Children In Courts?

The U.S. Justice Department is “trying to find lawyers who are willing to represent” those border children facing immigration court and the Obama administration is working to improve that New Mexico detention center, according to Deputy Homeland Security… Read More

Homeland Security Chief Says ‘Worst Is Over’ In Border Kid Crisis

In what’s being spun as good news, the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says “the worst is over” for the border kid crisis, with the number of child migrants picked up at the southern borders dropping to the lowest… Read More

NYC Steps Up To Aid C.A. Immigrants

You can add the Big Apple to the list of cities providing representation for those Central American children seeking refuge in the United States. The NYC government has announced that it would place representatives at federal immigration court,… Read More

A lawyer makes the case for Civil Gideon

A big part of the border crisis involving unaccompanied minors from Central America is legal representation. If the refugees have legal representation, they tend to remain in the United States. Without legal representation, most are sent back. But… Read More