Maria Alejandra Acevedo
Host: Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network
Sponsor: AmeriCorps, Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network, U.S. Department of Justice
Talia Inlender
- Hosted by Public Counsel
- Sponsored by The Arnold & Porter Foundation
- Service location Los Angeles, California
- Law school Yale Law School
- Issue area Immigrant Populations
- Fellowship class year 2008
- Program AmeriCorps Fellows Program, Design-Your-Own Fellowship
The Project
Over 200,000 immigrants are detained throughout the U.S. each year. The majority lack access to counsel. Talia’s project focused on providing and expanding access to legal counsel for detained immigrants in the Los Angeles area. In order to achieve this aim, Talia taught a legal orientation class to immigration detainees, provided individual consults for people who lack representation, and identified those with meritorious claims for relief. Additionally, she provided direct representation as well as facilitated representation by pro bono counsel.
Media
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