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Training: Bond and Custody Proceedings in Immigration Court
May30READ MORE >>CAIR Coalition and CABA Firms in Service invite you to a training on BOND & CUSTODY PROCEEDINGS IN IMMIGRATION COURT presented by Rachel Jordan and Saba Ahmed, CAIR Coalition. To RVSP, contact Tanishka Cruz at tanishka@justice4all.org.
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Panel Discussion: League of Women Voters of the DC
Apr29READ MORE >>Panel Discussion:
A Progressive City in a New Political Era
The District of Columbia is one of the most progressive cities in the country. The recent changes in the political climate put our progressive policies and programs at risk. Many of us are concerned about protecting DC laws, DC values, and DC residents.
Our panelists will discuss the potential impact on key issues including Education, Health Care and Immigration and how we can support our community.
CAIR Coalition's Nithya Nathan-Pineau will be serving as a panelist.
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A Training and Discussion on the Disproportionate Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions
Mar27READ MORE >>We would like to invite all members of the community to a training/talk on the disproportionate immigration consequences of criminal convictions on March 27th, 2017 from 4-7pm at Georgetown University Law Center, McDonough Hall Room 156. The training will cover mitigation of immigration consequences in criminal court, with a focus on Virginia offenses, and challenges to the classification of state offenses as triggering deportation in immigration court.
You are cordially invited to:A Training and Discussion on the Disproportionate Immigration Consequences of Criminal ConvictionsMonday, March 27, 20174:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.Georgetown University Law CenterMcDonough Hall Room 156Noncitizens in the criminal justice system face significantly enhanced penalties compared to citizens charged with the same offenses. Even the most minor convictions can have harsh immigration consequences, including prolonged detention, family separation for longtime residents, and deportation to unfamiliar or dangerous countries. These consequences can sometimes be avoided or reduced by timely, accurate advice about the immigration consequences of criminal dispositions. When involvement in the criminal system does trigger removal proceedings, noncitizens are frequently subject to mandatory, no-bond immigration detention and mandatory deportation and often must face immigration court with no representation as there is no right to government-appointed counsel. However, with the assistance of counsel trained in the intersection of criminal and immigration law, noncitizens may challenge the designation of their criminal offenses as triggering deportation under federal immigration law. This talk will provide an overview of the criminal-immigration detention-deportation pipeline, the basics of crim-imm law, defenses against immigration consequences in the criminal system, and challenges to the classification of state offenses as removable offenses in immigration court and through appellate litigation.Rachel Jordan (L’13) Senior Attorney, Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) CoalitionAdina Appelbaum (L’15) Equal Justice Works Fellow, Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) CoalitionAdina Appelbaum and Rachel Jordan are immigration attorneys at the Capital Area Immigrants' Rights (CAIR) Coalition working at the intersection of criminal and immigration law to defend noncitizens facing immigration detention and deportation. Through CAIR Coalition's Virginia Justice Program, Adina and Rachel work collaboratively in both the criminal and immigration systems but focus respectively on each system. In the criminal system, Rachel trains and advises indigent criminal defense attorneys across Virginia on defending noncitizen clients from immigration consequences stemming from criminal dispositions pursuant to the 2010 Supreme Court case Padilla v. Kentucky. In the immigration system, Adina heads impact litigation through the Crim-Imm Pro Bono Project to challenge Immigration and Customs Enforcement's categorization of certain state criminal offenses as triggering grounds of deportation and works to increase access to pro bono counsel trained in the intersection of criminal and immigration law.For additional information, please contact pwg7@law.georgetown.edu. -
Charity Happy Hour: Viator x CAIR Coalition!
Mar14READ MORE >>VIATOR is thrilled to host a happy hour at Petworth Citizen on Tuesday, March 14 from 5 - 7pm. 10% of the proceeds will go to CAIR Coalition, a local nonprofit that works to keep families together by working with and for the immigrant men, women, and children facing detention and deportation.
CAIR Coalition provides legal relief to immigrants detained by immigration enforcement, conducts community know your rights presentations especially during ICE raids, and advocates for immigrants rights in the DMV area and nationwide.
RSVP on Facebook here.
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Teach-in on Immigration
Feb26READ MORE >>We're pleased to announce that the next teach-in at Politics & Prose Bookstore will address the urgent issue of immigration. How do we honor our history as a nation of immigrants while also ensuring security in a dangerous and uncertain world? What are the legal, political, economic and social costs to the Trump Administration's plans to build a wall along the Mexican border and restrict arrivals from majority-Muslim countries? How do we protect the rights of immigrants already in our country and strengthen our pluralistic values and traditions? Speakers will include Nithya Nathan-Pineau and Faiza Patel.
Nithya Nathan-Pineau manages the Detained Immigrant Children’s Program at the Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition - CAIR Coalition, which provides legal services to detained children in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement. Previously, she was a staff attorney at the South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Project, and also worked at the Tahirih Justice Center in Virginia. Faiza Patel is the Co-Director of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law's Liberty and National Security Program. A frequent media commentator on national security and counterterrorism issues, she has testified before Congress opposing dragnet surveillance of Muslims. Ms. Patel was senior policy officer at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague.
RSVP on Facebook here.
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Happy Hour Fundraiser at Zaytinya
Feb22READ MORE >>Join us for a Happy Hour fundraiser that directly supports CAIR Coalition. Your $10 donation goes directly to CAIR. Zaytinya is generously providing some complimentary appetizers and drink specials.
RSVP on Facebook here.
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CLE: Understanding the Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions in VA
Jan27READ MORE >>Understanding the Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions in Virginia - Ethical and Legal Considerations
A 3-hour CLE sponsored by the Capital Area Immigrants' Rights (CAIR) Coalition and hosted by the Culpeper Bar AssociationFriday, January 27, 2017, 4:00pm-7:00pm
This in-depth training will explore the immigration consequences of Virginia criminal offenses, and examine how case law from the US Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of Virginia have significantly altered the ethical obligations that criminal defense attorneys in Virginia owe to their immigrant clients. Participants will learn how to identify potential immigration problems that my arise for clients as a result of criminal charges, how to access and use CAIR Coalition's free legal resources to help them analyze their client's case, and how to negotiate plea deals to mitigate against the disporportionate immigration consequences of Virginia offenses.
**2 hours of General MCLE Credits and 1 hour of Ethics MCLE Credit pending approval.
**Approved for Virginia Indigent Defense Commission re-certification pending MCLE approval.
Click here to register for this training.
For questions or concerns, please email Rachel Jordan at rachel.jordan@caircoalition.org.
