ULV COL Justice & Immigration Clinic

11/08/2024

https://laverne.edu/news/2024/11/08/university-immigration-clinic-win/

The University of La Verne Justice & Immigration Clinic secured asylum for a transgender woman after a seven-year legal struggle, offering hope and legal support to marginalized individuals.

05/09/2023

On March 25, the JIC co-hosted a pro se citizenship workshop with NALEO Educational Fund and assisted more than 20 applicants with their N-400 applications.

The JIC thanks its law student and attorney volunteers for their dedication to the community. Without their help, the success of this event would have been impossible.

01/31/2023

The Justice & Immigration Clinic is cohosting a free citizenship workshop on March 25th! Space is limited so sign up asap!

01/27/2023

11/17/2022

"The University of La Verne College of Law’s Justice and Immigration Clinic (JIC) has helped secure asylum in the United States for a man who said he was arrested and tortured for political activity in his home country of Uganda.

The asylum ruling for Peter Muhumuza followed four years of legal hearings in federal immigration court, during which time students and faculty from the JIC provided him with free, high quality, legal support he would otherwise have been unable to access or afford.

“It’s because of the Justice and Immigration Clinic that my entire life has been relieved,” he said. “This was my last hope. I can now legally live in United States peacefully and freely.”

The JIC provides pro bono, or free-of-charge, legal representation to select noncitizens who need assistance with matters in United States immigration courts. Law students who participate in the clinic gain real-world experience under the supervision of Professor Krystal Rodriguez-Campos."

The College of Law’s Justice and Immigration Clinic helped secured asylum for man arrested and tortured for political activity in his home country Uganda.

11/10/2022

Thank you to our guest speakers Nereyda Higuera and Andrea Garcia for last night's crimmigration panel!

10/27/2022

The Justice and Immigration Clinic at the University of La Verne College of Law will be hosting a free virtual informational session on Immigration Relief for Noncitizen Survivors of Violence. The session will be held on November 3rd via Zoom from 6PM to 7PM and Spanish translation will be available. The event is sponsored by Project Sister Family Services & Latino/s Roundtable of the San Gabriel and Pomona Valley. Attendees will learn about the different types of immigration benefits for which noncitizen survivors of violence may qualify. You are welcome to join us for this session!

09/02/2022

"Since July 2021, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has received nearly 50,000 humanitarian parole requests from Afghans abroad. But the agency has adjudicated fewer than 10,000 of these requests, denying 9,000, or 95%, of them, according to USCIS statistics as of Aug. 17.
Asked if the policy shift starting in October will affect pending parole applications from Afghans overseas, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said, "USCIS will continue to adjudicate requests for humanitarian parole."

Under Operation Allies Welcome, which will end next month, the U.S. has resettled roughly 86,000 Afghans who escaped Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

08/31/2022

MIAMI (AP) — One Cuban man endured a trek through eight countries that lasted more than a month. Another man paid a small fortune for a furtive speedboat trip. A third decided to risk a perilous passage aboard a homemade raft rather than stay a moment longer on the island.

08/31/2022

Editor’s note: This is the first installment in a three-part series on Afghan refugees marking one year since the U.S. withdrew its military from Afghanistan, ending its longest war. The seri…

08/15/2022

"Decades of progress on gender equality and women’s rights have been wiped out in mere months. We must continue to act together, united in our insistence on guarantees of respect for the full spectrum of women’s rights.”

—UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous

1 year ago, the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. Every day since, life has become harder for Afghan women and girls as their rights and freedoms have bee...