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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMy son's law firm is sending attorneys to Brownsville
I am proud of this firm and my profession
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,704 posts)Gothmog
(145,185 posts)My son's billing rate is higher than my billing rate
The big firms will be stepping in on a pro bono basis
Baitball Blogger
(46,704 posts)TryLogic
(1,723 posts)Can citizens get on their computers and help dig for information about the children and their families? If so, spread that information widely.
EndGOPPropaganda
(1,117 posts)In today's propaganda-rich, cable-news-ruled environment, shirts work.
I wear this one:
https://shop.turnoutpac.org/
I saw someone wearing "I stand with immigrants" recently but can't easily find it online.
Baitball Blogger
(46,704 posts)However, public support will swing our way the moment real photos and videos come out. I don't understand what is taking so long in that regard.
NBachers
(17,108 posts)Last edited Wed Jun 20, 2018, 04:19 AM - Edit history (1)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210752365Here's the ActBlue link from the post:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/families-border?refcode=hrctw
I donated- Here's a list of who I donated to - Your donation will be divided evenly. Your donation will multiply their work:
2018-06-19
Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project
Deductible 501(c)(3) contribution
2018-06-19
Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project
Deductible 501(c)(3) contribution
2018-06-19
Human Rights First
Deductible 501(c)(3) contribution
2018-06-19
Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)
Deductible 501(c)(3) contribution
2018-06-19
La Union Del Pueblo Entero
Deductible 501(c)(3) contribution
2018-06-19
Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES)
Deductible 501(c)(3) contribution
2018-06-19
United We Dream Action
2018-06-19
We Belong Together
Deductible 501(c)(3) contribution
2018-06-19
Women's Refugee Commission
Deductible 501(c)(3) contribution
iluvtennis
(19,852 posts)Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)Thank you SO VERY MUCH for this post
Gothmog
(145,185 posts)They are sending attorneys who can speak spanish
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)Hugs!!
Gothmog
(145,185 posts)I know that this issue will be discussed. Beto will be there
drray23
(7,627 posts)If I was a lawyer, I would be in the red eye to Brownsville right now. Instead, I will make a hefty donation to immigrant right's organizations. Did anybody on DU post a list of these ?
spooky3
(34,447 posts)bdamomma
(63,849 posts)Thank your son.
chillfactor
(7,575 posts)and his law firm......bless them!
sheshe2
(83,752 posts)Thank him and his firm for me please.
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)OliverQ
(3,363 posts)I decided against it after my Bachelors because it was going to be too expensive and I graduated during the recession, so lawyers couldn't find jobs.
Sophia4
(3,515 posts)Practice for the LSAT, take it and see.
The LSAT isn't like other such tests. You need to prepare for the kinds of questions that are on it. Especially if you have been out of school a while.
At least it used to be different.
There are questions that test your ability to think logically. It's kind of fun.
Gothmog
(145,185 posts)Sophia4
(3,515 posts)mcar
(42,311 posts)And his firm.
You done good, Gothmog!
RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)Demsrule86
(68,556 posts)regain power...say four year olds don't need a lawyer and can understand procedure...they are brought to court alone with no lawyer and no parents...experts say these kids will not see their parent maybe ever. Trump has no idea how to keep records sufficient for keeping track of kids...I wonder how many will die.
TryLogic
(1,723 posts)Can citizens get on their computers and help dig for information about the children and their families? If so, spread that information widely.
Cha
(297,196 posts)the Law on the right side of history!
To your son and his firm
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)JoeOtterbein
(7,700 posts)...I'm ready for a great road trip like this!
R B Garr
(16,951 posts)pnwmom
(108,977 posts)in the airports, to fight the travel ban.
ismnotwasm
(41,977 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(9,422 posts)one of these facilities with the guts and decency to smuggle out photos or videos of what is going on inside these internment sites. That's when shit will truly hit the fan I hope.
AdamGG
(1,291 posts)Gothmog
(145,185 posts)murielm99
(30,737 posts)denbot
(9,899 posts)We feel'ya!
raven mad
(4,940 posts)Thank you!
Gothmog
(145,185 posts)My son is not going on this round because he is not bilingual
I expect the other major firms to send pro bono attorneys
cpamomfromtexas
(1,245 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 posts)This certainly gives you good reason to be proud now! Tell them to keep fighting the good fight!
Gothmog
(145,185 posts)Heres a list of organizations that are mobilizing to help immigrant children separated from their families
https://www.texastribune.org/2018/06/18/heres-list-organizations-are-mobilizing-help-separated-immigrant-child/?utm_campaign=trib-social&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=5562387051
Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project works to prevent the deportation of asylum-seeking families fleeing violence. The group accepts donations and asks people to sign up for volunteer opportunities here.
South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project is providing free legal services to asylum seekers detained in South Texas.
RAICES is a nonprofit that provides free and low-cost legal services to immigrant children, families and refugees in Texas. Its accepting donations and volunteers at its website. In addition, the
#postcards4families campaign will donate $5 to RAICES for every postcard kids write to help the separated immigrant children.
The CARA Project is currently recruiting attorneys, law students and paralegals with experience in asylum work. The group asks volunteers to be fluent in Spanish or willing to work with an interpreter.
Kids In Need of Defense partners with major law firms, corporations and bar associations to create a nationwide pro bono network to represent unaccompanied children through their immigration proceedings. Volunteers dont need to have immigration law experience.
The El Paso-based Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center provides legal representation to immigrants who might not be able to afford it otherwise. Its accepting volunteers and donations.
The Austin Bar Association Civil Right and Immigration Section is coordinating training for pro bono attorneys to handle credible fear interviews for asylum seekers.
Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley shelters immigrants who've recently been released from U.S. Border Patrol custody.
American Gateways provides legal services and representation to separated parents. It's currently seeking volunteers to represent detained parents who've been separated from their children.
Diocesan Migrant & Refugee Services is the largest provider of free and low cost immigration services in West Texas and says it's the only organization in El Paso serving unaccompanied children.
Justice for Our Neighbors provides free and low-cost legal services to immigrant individuals and families in Texas.
The Young Center for Immigrant Childrens Rights is looking for more child advocates to visit the immigrant kids inside the detention centers weekly and accompany them to immigration proceedings. It is also raising money for advocates who will deal specifically with family separation cases.
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service is raising money to provide immigrant children "immediate shelter and beds, medical services, counseling and therapy to help them deal with the trauma of family separation."
Together Rising is collecting money that'll go to advocacy groups that are working to reunify immigrant children with their families.
Comfort Cases is raising money to provide backpacks to the separated immigrant children. Each case will contain items such as blankets, pajamas, toiletries, a stuffed animal, a book, a journal and art supplies.
The Young Center for Immigrant Childrens Rights is training adults who want to become child advocates who will work one-on-one with unaccompanied immigrant children while they are subject to deportation proceedings.
Tahirih Justice Center is providing free legal and social services to immigrant women and girls fleeing gender-based violence.
Gothmog
(145,185 posts)syringis
(5,101 posts)I'm proud of you and your son, and proud of my American peers.
Gothmog
(145,185 posts)He will be working with me on voter protection in November
The big firms are getting behind these efforts. Associates get to count pro bono hours on their stats
Gothmog
(145,185 posts)Gothmog
(145,185 posts)Gothmog
(145,185 posts)This list makes me smile https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/56-karp-law-firms-immigration/e5909f3724676d9bf77e/optimized/full.pdf#page=1
ensure representation for legitimate asylum seekers.
David I. Spector, Chairman & CEO, Akerman LLP
Richard M. Alexander, Chairman, Arnold & Porter
Paul Rawlinson, Global Chair, and Colin Murray, North America Managing Partner,
Baker McKenzie
John C. Sumberg, Chairman, Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP
Joseph F. Ryan, Chairman and CEO, Brown Rudnick LLP
Benjamin B. Klubes and John P. Kromer, Co-Managing Partners, Buckley Sandler
LLP
Michael J. Heller, Executive Chairman and CEO, Cozen OConnor
Jeffrey P. Gray, Managing Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Michael T. McNamara, Chief Executive Officer, Dentons US LLP
Mark D. Wasserman, Managing Partner, Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
Richard L. Dickson, Chair, Fenwick & West LLP
Alan M. Fisch, Managing Partner, Fisch Sigler LLP
Peter J. Devlin, President and Chief Executive Officer, Fish & Richardson P.C.
David J. Greenwald, Chairman, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Kenneth M. Doran, Chairman and Managing Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Timothy E. Powers, Managing Partner, Haynes and Boone, LLP
Stephen J. Immelt, CEO, Hogan Lovells
John C. Hueston, Co-Founder, Hueston Hennigan LLP
George C. Howell, III, Chair, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Lewis Rose, Managing Partner, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
Paul S. Pearlman, Managing Partner, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Gary M. Wingens is chairman and managing partner of Lowenstein Sandler.
William Quicksilver, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner, Manatt, Phelps
& Phillips, LLP
Ira J. Coleman, Chairman, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP
Michael P. McGee, CEO, Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone P.L.C.
Brad S. Karp, chairman of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.
Larren N. Nashelsky, Chair, Morrison & Foerster LLP
W. Russell Welsh, Chair, Polsinelli PC
Martin R. Lueck, Chairman, Robins Kaplan LLP
J. Stephen Poor, Chair Emeritus, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
William R. Dougherty, Chairman, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Jeffrey R. Keitelman and Alan M. Klinger, Co-Managing Partners, Stroock &
Stroock & Lavan LLP
Mark Kelly, Chairman, and Scott Wulfe, Managing Partner, Vinson & Elkins LLP
Susan W. Murley and Robert T. Novick, Co-Managing Partners, Wilmer Cutler
Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Gothmog
(145,185 posts)Gothmog
(145,185 posts)I am proud of my profession
This week I traveled to the border to learn how we can promote access to justice and the rule of law related to the separation of immigrant families. I met with a number of dedicated attorneys and organizations that are working long hours and pouring all of their energies into ensuring that children and parents are reunited and that legal rights are protected through due process of law.
Im saddened to report that many children are still separated from their parents. Attorneys who visited an adult detention facility recounted women sobbing immediately upon being asked whether their children had been taken away. Others described struggling to explain legal rights to detained children whose sole desire was to be back with their parents. These accounts are from pro bono and legal aid attorneys who are accustomed to working with clients in difficult situations; they said the sorrow they witnessed at these facilities was on a wholly different level.
Your State Bar of Texas exists, in part, to aid the courts in carrying on and improving the administration of justice and to advance the quality of legal services to the public. In that spirit, the State Bar is compiling a list of volunteer trainings and opportunities at texasbar.com/volunteer for those who would like to get involved in reuniting children with their parents.
By far, the greatest need is for Spanish-speaking immigration attorneys to volunteer their time at the border. Many organizations are also seeking monetary donations. The State Bar will continually update the volunteer webpage as resources and information develop.
In my presidential inaugural address last Friday in Houston, I said we are uniquely equipped to address the problems vexing our nationincluding the current family separation crisis. This is not about politics. Its about access to justice. The people involved in this crisis may not be citizens, but they are still entitled to due process in a land that values the rule of law.
Sincerely,
Joe K. Longley
President, State Bar of Texas
Gothmog
(145,185 posts)This is from one of the legal blogs http://texaslawbook.net/
Swatting away swarms of mosquitos, the lawyers said detainees exhausted, confused and emotionally overwhelmed begged them for legal help and for information about their children, which were taken from them when they were arrested. This weekend, The Texas Lawbook interviewed in-person and on the telephone seven corporate lawyers who worked pro bono for detainees at Port Isabel and two other facilities in South Texas. The stories they tell are horrifying.