The detention center in Carrizo Springs, TX reopened in February of 2021 to hold unaccompanied minors crossing the US-Mexico border and surrendering themselves to immigration authorities. Officially designated a “temporary overflow facility,” it continues to hold...
The COVID-19 Pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic exposed vast inequities in society and has generated much talk about the need for a stronger focus on equity in the vaccination roll out, especially for those who were placed at a greater risk due their employment or status....
Austin immigration attorney Virginia Raymond reflects on her work representing asylum seekers during the Trump years and shares her hopes and fears about what the next four years will bring. On the morning of November 9, 2016, I woke up saddened, ill, and angry, but...
The story is there – or rather the lived experience is – but it has yet to take narrative form. My task as a volunteer “legal assistant” is to talk it through. To listen and to help the client shape her story so that it will be the right sort of story – to find the...
Asylum: what is it? “Each year, thousands of noncitizens arriving at our border or already in the United States apply for asylum, or protection from persecution. Asylum seekers must navigate a difficult and complex process that can involve multiple government...
