In this post I'm going to discuss my experience at CAIR Coalition as an administrative intern and how impactful and eye opening this opportunity has been for me.

The immigrant population of the United States faces unheard of threats of mass apprehension, detention, and deportation as the current administration has taken steps to ramp up its deportation machine.

We are honored to announce that the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Washington DC Chapter has named Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition as their 2017 Pro Bono Champion.

On May 11, DC Attorney General Karl A.

For what should be a celebratory and joyous day, this Mother’s Day for many mothers and their families will be a time of unimaginable pain and heartbreak.

Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition joins over 250+ immigrant and civil rights groups in opposing the proposed expansion of the immigration detention system and elimination of minimal detention conditions standa

Prior to this week, only one detained immigrant had won a habeas case in Virginia without having first received a final order of deportation.  Now, there are two.

CAIR Coalition congratulates pro bono lead counsel Michael Huston at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher for winning the argument at the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals that Virginia statutory burglary is not an aggravated felony theft or burglary offense and is indivisible. This means that no future noncitizen can ever again be deported or barred from a defense to deportation for having a Virginia burglary conviction categorized by the government as an aggravated felony theft or burglary offense.

On April 18, 2017 the Board of Immigration Appeals gave guidance on administrative closures with the important decision on the Matter of W-Y-U.