NEWS & ACTIONS
Public Defenders Coalition for Immigrant Justice Actions
April 28, 2021
Statement on the barriers to legal immigration with a focus on the impact of criminal legal system contact.
April 21, 2021
Members of the Public Defenders Coalition for Immigrant Justice appeared on the Majority Report with Sam Shepard to discuss the harms caused by the intersection of the criminal and immigration legal system, the school to prison to deportation pipeline, and the speak out against the criminal bars in The Dream and Promise Act.
April 12, 2021
Op-Ed from the Coalition in The Nation:
Biden Has a Chance to End the Jail-to-Deportation Pipeline
Immigration reform must include our most policed and marginalized communities. We're urging Congress and the Biden administration to reject the criminalization bars in HR6 and ensure our communities achieve stability in this country.
April 14, 2021
Letter to the Secretary of The Department of Homeland Security and the Director of Immigration Customs Enforcement recommending increasing prosecutorial discretion to dramatically reduce the number of people in immigration detention facilities nationwide, cease arrests and detainers based on contact with the criminal legal system, and clear the 1.3 million cases backlogging EOIR immigration courts.
April 14, 2021
Letter in support of support of adding provision to House and Senate appropriations bills requiring individualized assessments of release notwithstanding INA 236(c)
March 12, 2021
Public Defenders Urge Federal Government to Stop Criminalizing Immigrants
January 13, 2021
Public Defenders Nationwide Announce Plan for Immigration Justice; Provide Ten-Point Plan to Biden Administration
Public Defenders Urge Federal Government to Take Bold Steps to Reverse and Repair Damage of the Outgoing Administration.