Senior Program Director for CAIR Coalition's Detained Children's Program, Nithya Nathan-Pineau, talks with ThinkProgress about secure detention facilities where unaccompanied migrant children are being held.
Today the President signed an Executive Order purporting to correct the family separation crisis that his administration created. Here are the five main reasons that the Executive Order is flawed and has the potential to create even more harm for families and children:
In a troubling decision, the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decided Matter of A-C-M- (link) and found that a Salvadoran woman who was enslaved by guerrilla forces provided material support to the organization in the form of cooking, cleaning, and washing their clothes.
Senior Program Director for CAIR Coalition's Detained Children's Program, Nithya Nathan-Pineau, talks with Vox about how the Trump administration is using undocumented kids' confidential health information to lock them up.
In a tremendous legal victory for immigrants’ rights, today the U.S Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled in the published decision Leyva Martinez v.
There are around thousands of immigrants around the country going through deportation proceedings. The immigration laws of the U.S. are notoriously complicated; the immigration process is hard to understand. Unfortunately, because immigration proceedings are considered civil, unlike criminal proceedings, immigrants are not afforded the right to a free attorney. Consequently, the American Bar Association reported in 2016 that only about 32% of immigrants are represented by legal counsel, which puts the immigrants at a huge disadvantage.
CAIR Coalition applauds Prince George’s County Council for voting to provide $200,000 to support the Immigration Service & Language Assistance (ISLA) Initiative, doubling last year’s funding.
In a disappointing development, last week Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a decision that eliminates the ability of immigration judges to administrative close immigration cases. In practice, this means that immigrants, especially children, face a greater chance of deportation despite being diligent in fighting their case.
My favorite quote says that "for it is in giving that we receive" and this perfectly describes my experience volunteering at CAIR Coalition. CAIR Coalition fights diligently for children who are escaping violence in their home countries. CAIR Coalition vigorously defends the rights of fathers and mothers who are seeking to provide a brighter future for their family. In many cases, CAIR Coalition is the only hope for these detained immigrant children, men and women. CAIR gives so much to the community and being a tiny part of their great work makes me receive so much more. That is why I love volunteering at CAIR Coalition.
Claudia Cubas, Litigation Director at CAIR Coalition, speaks with the Kojo Nnamdi Show on the potential funding of legal representation for immigrants facing deportation in Montgomery County, Maryland.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 26, 2018) — During a Senate Appropriations Committee Hearing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced he will reinstate the Legal Orientation Program (LOP), which allows organizations such as the Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition to provide legal assistance to detained immigrants and help them navigate the complex immigration process. This announcement came just two weeks after the Department of Justice (DOJ) through the Executive Office of Immigration (EOIR) abruptly suspended the program.