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Under Pressure over Family Detention, the Administration Finally Agrees to Exercise a Little Humanity
Under Pressure over Family Detention, the Administration Finally Agrees to Exercise a Little Humanity
Since last summer, when the Obama Administration hastily resurrected the concept of family detention to jail refugee women and children seeking asylum, thousands of women and children have languished in inhumane conditions, have been refused...
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House Democrats (and Dree!) Call on Obama to End Family Detention
House Democrats (and Dree!) Call on Obama to End Family Detention
Yesterday, several prominent House Democrats called on the administration to end family detention.  Organized by Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren of California, the Democrats decried the Obama administration's detention of women and children fleeing violence in Central...
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BR Attorneys Lobby the Administration and Congress to End Family Detention
BR Attorneys Lobby the Administration and Congress to End Family Detention
Once a year immigration attorneys from all over the country march to Washington, D.C. to meet with their elected officials and to encourage them to take action toward fixing this country’s broken immigration system. The...
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Injunction Against the Dysfunction of Family Detention
Injunction Against the Dysfunction of Family Detention
Artesia. Karnes. Dilley.  Before the administration decided it would be a great idea to lock up Central American women and children fleeing from persecution, these towns were unknown.   Artesia was the hometown of our government’s...
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Kira and Ricky, Clients of the Month, January 2015
Kira and Ricky, Clients of the Month, January 2015
At a time of year when we honor togetherness and fresh starts, we are comforted to know that Benach Collopy clients, Kira and her four-year-old son Ricky, have finally been granted asylum and are reunited...
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FOBR Olsi Vrapi Tries to Represent a Child in Artesia, New Mexico
FOBR Olsi Vrapi Tries to Represent a Child in Artesia, New Mexico
Olsi Vrapi is a Friend of Benach Collopy who practices in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  He recently found himself on the front line of the battle of how to handle the major influx of refugee children...
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