
Fernanda Herrera Spieler
Host: Resilience Force
Sponsor: Equal Justice Works Text-to-Give
Current Fellow
Susan worked to expand legal representation and resources for incarcerated immigrants facing deportation while in prison through direct representation, policy advocacy, and coalition building.
Incarcerated immigrants in the Institutional Hearing Program (IHP) are overlooked and underserved—just 9 percent have attorneys and there are no legal outreach programs at any IHP sites in the country. Without guidance or support, most people in the IHP simply accept deportation, and the few who choose to fight their cases often face a violation of their due process rights. IHP hearings are conducted via video teleconference or in makeshift courtrooms inside of prisons, and facility policies severely impede representation. The IHP program currently adds over 5,000 new cases annually.
During the two-year Fellowship period, Susan:
Following the Fellowship, Susan has stayed on at Centro Legal de la Raza as a staff attorney in the Abolishing ICE Detention Project, representing incarcerated immigrants and supporting organizing to end the immigration detention system.
Berkeley Immigration Group SLP Supervising Attorneys
ICE Limited Testing at Bakersfield Immigration Facility With COVID-19 Outbreak
Host: Resilience Force
Sponsor: Equal Justice Works Text-to-Give
Current Fellow
Host: Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota
Sponsor: 3M Company, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath
Current Fellow
Host: Equal Justice Center
Sponsor: Texas Access to Justice Foundation
Host: Equal Justice Center
Sponsor: Anonymous