LAJC Launches Civil Rights & Racial Justice Program
PRESS RELEASE: Legal Aid Justice Center launches new Civil Rights and Racial Justice Program focused on reducing incarceration and dismantling systems of racial injustice. On February 21st, 2017, the Legal Aid Justice Center (LAJC) launched a new core program whose goal is to end the criminalization of poverty in Virginia by exposing and addressing the […]
Read moreYemeni Immigrants Reunited with Families in U.S.
PRESS RELEASE Yemeni immigrants unlawfully barred by Trump’s executive order reunited with families in U.S. After a nine-day ordeal sparked by President Trump’s January 27 executive order on immigration, Tareq and Ammar Aquel Mohammed Aziz, ages 21 and 19, have finally joined their father in the US. As was disclosed on February 3 in a […]
Read moreVirginia Files Motion to Intervene in Aziz v. Trump
Today, the Commonwealth of Virginia announced that it is intervening in the litigation the Legal Aid Justice Center and Mayer Brown LLP have brought on behalf of the Aziz bothers, and others similarly situated, who are lawful permanent residents or immigrant visa holders and who were denied entry to the United States over the past […]
Read moreNew Complaint Alleges Detainees Unlawfully Coerced
PRESS RELEASE: Legal Aid Justice Center and Mayer Brown File Amended Complaint Alleging Detainees Unlawfully Coerced to Sign Forms and Seeking Return Of Aziz Brothers And Similarly Situated Individuals. In an amended complaint filed on Monday, January 30, lawyers representing two Yemeni brothers contend that their clients were unlawfully coerced to sign I-407 forms, which […]
Read moreLAJC 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 […]
Read moreDulles 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 […]
Read moreNAACP 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 […]
Read moreLicense 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 […]
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