Tag Archives: Philippines
Immigrant Women & Children Project Helps Reunite Trafficking Survivors with their Children – by Suzanne Tomatore
by CBJC StaffAugust 18, 2015
Angelica (names changed for privacy and safety) came to the City Bar Justice Center’s Immigrant Women & Children Project (IWC) in 2013 seeking legal assistance because she was a victim of international labor trafficking.
Read moreTemporary Protected Status for the Philippines
by CBJC StaffDecember 23, 2013
The Philippines recently requested that Washington designate the country for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The request was made in the devastating wake of Typhoon Haiyan, which has killed more than 6,000 people, displaced more than four million, and affected an estimated 12 million since it struck the Philippines on November 8th, 2013.
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