Asylum Archives | City Bar Justice Center

Developments on the Horizon for Immigrant Trafficking Survivors

by the Immigrant Justice ProjectSeptember 28, 2021

In July 2021, the City Bar Justice Center’s Immigrant Justice Project and our co-counsel pro bono team at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP (Kramer Levin) won a hard-fought victory for Lucia*, a survivor of labor trafficking who had been living in the United States for over twenty years.

The City Bar Justice Center Challenges Proposed Immigration Regulations with the Aid of Pro Bono Partners

by Jennifer Kim, Co-Director, Immigrant Justice ProjectNovember 10, 2020

Immigrants have been in the cross hairs of this administration for the last four years. Since Donald Trump assumed office in 2017, there have been over 400 executive actions on immigration, spanning everything from issuing a Muslim ban, closing our borders, creating obstacles for those seeking to become green card holders or citizens, terminating Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), shutting the door to refugees, and more.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher Secures Asylum for Uyghur Student

by CBJC StaffMarch 11, 2020

Attorneys from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP recently helped to secure asylum for a young man from China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region. As a Muslim and a member of the Uyghur, a Turkic minority ethnic group, Hasan (whose name has been changed to protect his identity) faced severe religious restrictions, bigotry and discrimination.

Pro Bono Forecast – Winter 2016-17 – by Lynn M. Kelly, Executive Director

by CBJC StaffNovember 21, 2016

The City Bar Justice Center has reviewed how the pro bono issues are likely to change for low-income and disadvantaged clients in the coming year. We are also hearing from many new volunteers who want to get involved. Here is the City Bar Justice Center Pro Bono Forecast for Winter 2016-17.