LAJC Informed CBP Will Comply with Order
For Immediate Release Legal Aid Justice has been informed that U.S. Customs and Border Protection have modified their practices in response to the federal court temporary restraining order. The Legal Aid Justice Center and Mayer Brown filed suit Saturday on behalf of immigrants detained at Dulles airport as a result of President Trump’s Executive Order […]
Leer másDulles Temporary Restraining Order Granted
Press Release for Immediate Distribution A federal judge tonight issued a temporary restraining order barring the Department of Homeland Security from removing from the United States 50-60 individuals currently detained at Dulles Airport who are legal permanent residents, but were refused admission into the country because they are citizens of the seven countries identified in […]
Leer másNAACP and LAJC Oppose DMV’s Dismissal Motion
The Virginia State Conference of the NAACP has asked the court for leave to file as amicus curiae in opposing DMV Commissioner Holcomb’s motion to dismiss the complaint in Stinnie v. Holcomb. Stinnie v. Holcomb is our lawsuit challenging Virginia’s system of automatically suspending driver’s licenses for unpaid court debt without inquiring into the debtor’s financial circumstances. Today, the Legal […]
Leer másLicense Suspension Class Action: Plaintiffs’ Statement
Stinnie v. Holcomb: Plaintiffs’ Statement in Response to Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Last evening, the Attorney General’s office filed a motion to dismiss in Stinnie v. Holcomb, a lawsuit challenging Virginia’s practice of automatically suspending driver’s licenses for unpaid court debt without inquiring into the debtor’s financial circumstances. The Plaintiffs are disappointed that the Attorney […]
Leer másImmigrant Tenants to Protest Offensive Remarks
Immigrant Tenants To Protest Offensive Remarks by Major Real Estate Developer “The lack of affordable housing is a crisis. We need solutions, not stereotypes.” On Thursday, September 1, 2016, at 11:00am, immigrant tenants from Northern Virginia will join together in protest of offensive and stereotypical comments made by David Hillman, chairman and CEO of Southern […]
Leer másDiscrimination Complaint – Richmond Public Schools
Federal civil rights complaint asserts that RPS discipline policies discriminate against African-American students and students with disabilities. RICHMOND, VA – Two students and the local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People have filed an anti-discrimination complaint against Richmond Public Schools with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights. […]
Leer másH.U.D. Settles Richmond Discrimination Complaint
Settlement requires reforms to Richmond’s maintenance code enforcement, fair housing practices, and services to limited English proficient residents. A civil rights complaint filed last year with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) by Latino mobile home park residents against the city of Richmond was resolved last week by agreement between HUD and […]
Leer másLawsuit Challenges Virginia’s License Suspension Policy
Lawsuit Challenges Virginia’s Unconstitutional System of Suspending Licenses of Low-Income Drivers Who Are Unable to Pay Court Debts Commonwealth Fails to Consider Debtor’s Financial Circumstances or Offer Alternatives to Hundreds of Thousands of Virginians Who Can’t Pay Costs and Fines Virginia is trapping hundreds of thousands of low-income residents in debt and poverty by […]
Leer másRichmond Fair Housing Lawsuit Settles
Future code enforcement to be more responsive to vulnerable residents’ needs; language access plan to help City residents access services. Thirty-three current and former mobile home park residents have reached a negotiated settlement to their housing discrimination lawsuit against the City of Richmond. The residents, represented pro bono by the Legal Aid Justice Center and […]
Leer másNew Report on Court Debt Collection Practices
Driven Deeper into Debt: Unrealistic Repayment Options Hurt Low-Income Court Debtors The majority of Virginia General District Courts have either disregarded or fallen significantly short of recommendations issued last summer by the Judicial Council of Virginia, the state’s top judicial policy making body, aimed at helping low-income residents pay off court fines and costs, according […]
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