The Crim-Imm Pro Bono Project is CAIR Coalition’s initiative to defend detained non-citizens from the disproportionate immigration consequences of criminal convictions.
Launched in late 2015 through an Equal Justice Works Fellowship Project sponsored by the Arnold & Porter Foundation, the Project aims to expand strategic litigation in this fast developing legal area through increasing access to counsel trained in the intersection of criminal and immigration law.
The first firms that have mobilized to serve as leaders of and form teams for this cutting-edge project are Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, Hogan Lovells, Mayer Brown, Perkins Coie, and Wiley Rein.
Together, CAIR Coalition and the pioneering firms’ teams intervene in the criminal-immigration (“crim-imm”) pipeline to challenge the deportation proceedings triggered by involvement in the criminal justice system of detained immigrants with significant family and community ties throughout the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.
Related Blog Posts:
- Crim-Imm Pro Bono Project - One Year Anniversary Newsletter
- Intervening to Defend Detained Non-Citizens from the Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions
- Mayer Brown Team Secures First Win Under Crim-Imm Pro Bono Project
- Wiley Rein Appeals to the Board, Arguing that the Legal Basis for their Client's Deportation is Unconstitutional
- Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Wins at the Fourth Circuit: Castendet-Lewis v. Sessions
- Pro Bono Team Wins Second Ever Pre-Final Order Prolonged Detention Habeas Petition in Virginia
