Uncategorized – RAICES

Celebrating LOVE with a RAICES Fundraiser

November 4, 2019

Recently, two of our supporters decided to celebrate their engagement by sharing their love with thousands of immigrants in need by hosting a peer to peer fundraiser. They were able to make the money raised go further by offering a personal match and an employer match beyond that, potentially tripling some donations! We were able to

Asylum Seekers, Immigrant Advocates Fight for Nationwide Injunction Halting Trump Administration’s Illegal Attacks on Asylum Process

October 30, 2019

Today we joined asylum seekers and allies to fight for a nationwide injunction to halt the Trump Administration’s illegal attacks on the asylum process. Below is the press release. We will appear in court for oral argument on December 3, 2019. A group of asylum seekers and the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and

RAICES responds to Trumps recent cut of refugee admissions

July 19, 2019

President Trump is considering essentially shutting down our country’s refugee program. It’s been reported that the administration is seeking to lower the number of refugees we take into zero. Refugee resettlement is a crucial aspect of our obligations under international law. Historically, the United States has resettled more refugees than any other country, by total

July 17, 2019

RAICES filed a pro bono lawsuit yesterday afternoon seeking relief from a sweeping new federal rule that bars asylum eligibility for individuals and families entering the United States unless they have first sought protection in a third country through which they have traveled. The rule “radically rewrites” the laws governing asylum eligibility, states the complaint

IRAP & RAICES File Challenge to Trump Administration’s Latest Attack on Asylum Seekers

July 1, 2019

(Washington, D.C.) – Last week, the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) and the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) filed a lawsuit on behalf of several asylum seekers who have been deported or are at imminent risk of being returned to the countries from which they fled. The lawsuit challenges new

RAICES, Arent Fox LLP, and Aldea PJC Sue The GEO Group for Forcefully Re-Separating Immigrant Families

May 28, 2019

On May 24th, RAICES, Arent Fox LLP, and Aldea PJC filed suit in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas on behalf of a group of 26 plaintiffs – 13 noncitizen children and their 13 noncitizen fathers – who fled life-threatening violence in their home countries to seek asylum in the United