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Success! After a year of hard work, ImmDef's PCR Project successfully vacated our client Max's only deportable conviction. Without this conviction Max is no longer deportable and his immigration proceedings will end.
#FamiliesBelongTogether #FreeThemAll
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Max can now live in peace with his partner and continue watching his grandchildren grow. His deportation would have caused a lot of pain, not just for him but for all the people that love him and depend on him.
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Max has been living in the U.S. for 40 years and is a father, uncle, and grandfather to many. In 2014, Max’s world was turned upside down when he was put in deportation proceedings. Max was brought to US by his parents at age 12 in 1972.
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Director of Legal Services, Joyce Noche gave a powerful speech during MPP press conference. She shared a story of one of her clients, an 18-year-old named Yolanda who had been separated from her pregnant sister when the pair arrived at the border to ask for asylum.
“She was immediately targeted upon return [to Mex], stalked and harassed by people who saw her for what she was — a vulnerable girl with no one to protect her who had been thrown into the streets… I have never worried as much about my client’s safety as I do about Yolanda.”"
People are dying because of MPP. Help us fight back. Support ImmDef at ImmDef.org/support or click the link in our bio. #EndMPP #RESTOREASYLUMNOW #immdef #immigrantdefenderslawcenter #keepfamiliestogether
She is one out of 50k. Since Jan 2019, more than 50k asylum-seekers have been forced into the streets of dangerous border cities as part of the #migrantpersecutionprotocols. She is just one of the 50k desperate for help as they face a system completely stacked against them.
Yesterday she and her mom attended our clinic in Mexicali where we filled out their asylum applications so they have something to file when they return to court. ImmDef's Cross-Border Initiative is a lifeline giving families like hers a fighting chance at safety and protection.
Under the #migrantpersecutionprotocols, border courts are overwhelmed. Since Jan, cities like San Diego have seen new cases jump from ~200 to more than 2,000 a month. Judges lacking judicial independence are under pressure to violate due process in order to keep their jobs.
