Rally to Protect Immigrant Children
RALLY TO PROTECT IMMIGRANT CHILDREN – STOP THE ABUSES AND DEATHS! WHAT: Are you outraged at the recent reports of abuses and deaths of immigrant children detained in President Trump’s camps and looking for a way to fight back? Come join us at our Rally to Protect Immigrant Children where we will demand that this […]
Read moreCourt Rejects Request to Dismiss License Lawsuit
June 28, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Angela Ciolfi, Executive Director 434-529-1810 angela@justice4all.org U.S. DISTRICT COURT REJECTS HERRING’S REQUEST TO DISMISS THE STINNIE v. HOLCOMB DRIVER’S LICENSE SUSPENSION LAWSUIT Charlottesville, VA—Today, Judge Norman Moon of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia issued an opinion in Stinnie v. Holcomb, a lawsuit filed […]
Read moreKnow Your Rights Training in Case of ICE Raids
Know Your Rights Training in Case of ICE Raids for Service Providers WHAT: The Legal Aid Justice Center is organizing a “Know your Rights” presentation for service providers in Northern Virginia in response to a recent announcement of large-scale ICE raids in the DMV region. Although President Trump cancelled the raids hours before they were […]
Read moreVirginia Schools Need Support Staff, Not More Police
Virginia Schools Need Investment in Support Staff—Not More School Resource Officers Yesterday, Governor Northam announced over $3.47 million in School Resource Officer (SRO) incentive grants to 53 localities across the Commonwealth. The funding will allow school divisions to add more SROs to Virginia’s K-12 public schools, increasing the number of SROs in Virginia by […]
Read more6 Things To Know About Driver’s License Suspensions
UPDATED 6 Things To Know Right Now about the recent Virginia budget amendment to temporarily halt driver’s license suspensions for unpaid court debt: 1. The budget amendment should lift current driver’s license suspensions for unpaid or delinquent court debt, and will prevent future such suspensions beginning July 1, 2019 and lasting until June 30, […]
Read moreContinuing Problems at Fluvanna Women’s Prison
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Shannon Ellis, Attorney Legal Aid Justice Center 434-529-1815 shannon@justice4all.org WOMAN PRISONER AT FLUVANNA SEEKS RELIEF FROM LIFE-THREATENING MEDICATION FAILURES Charlottesville, Va., April 30, 2019 — A woman incarcerated at the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women (FCCW) filed a motion today in federal court seeking relief from the prison’s repeated, life-threatening mismanagement […]
Read more4th Circuit: No Remedy for ICE Abuses
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Hallie Ryan, Managing Attorney, 703-226-3426, hallie@justice4all.org Tim Wallace, Dir. of Development, 434-529-1853, twallace@justice4all.org Fourth Circuit: If ICE agents break into your house illegally, you have no remedy Falls Church, Va., April 26, 2019 — Today a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that ICE […]
Read moreVA AG Undermines License Suspension Relief Efforts
April 24, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Angela Ciolfi, Executive Director, 434-529-1810, angela@justice4all.org VIRGINIA OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL UNDERMINES CRITICAL OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE DRIVER’S LICENSE SUSPENSION RELIEF PERMANENT Charlottesville, VA—Yesterday, the Attorney General and Department of Motor Vehicles Commissioner filed a motion to delay or prematurely end the litigation in Stinnie v. Holcomb, […]
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