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LAJC Corrects ICE Inaccuracies RE: ACRJ
For Immediate Release: August 22, 2018 Contact: Deena N. Sharuk, deena@justice4all.org 434-977-0553 LAJC corrects ICE inaccuracies and joins call for ACRJ to end voluntary ICE notification CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – On Thursday, August 23, at 12:30pm, members of the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail (ACRJ) Board will meet for a work session to discuss the jail’s voluntary policy […]
Read moreSuit Filed by Families Separated While Seeking Asylum
For Immediate Release: Contact Legal Aid Justice Center: Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, simon@justice4all.org Muslim Advocates: Scott Simpson, scott@muslimadvocates.org Nicky Vogt, nicole@npstrategygroup.com PARENTS OF CHILDREN FORCIBLY SEPARATED WHILE SEEKING ASYLUM FILE SUIT AGAINST U.S. GOVERNMENT Dora v. Sessions cites extreme trauma at the hands of U.S. immigration authorities Washington, D.C. – Today, on behalf of 29 plaintiffs forcibly […]
Read moreVA Understaffs Positions Critical to Student Safety
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts Patrick Getlein Senior Vice President The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis patrick@thecommonwealthinstitute.org 804-396-2051 x103 Rachael Deane Legal Director, JustChildren Program Legal Aid Justice Center rachael@justice4all.org 804-521-7304 Virginia Understaffs Positions Critical to Student Safety While Student Enrollment Grows RICHMOND, VA, August 20, 2018 — Staffing in Virginia’s K-12 schools falls far […]
Read moreHabitual Drunkard Case Decided by 4th Circuit
For Immediate Release: Contact Tim Wallace, Director of Development 434-529-1853 twallace@justice4all.org PLAINTIFFS’ STATEMENT ON THE FOURTH CIRCUIT DECISION IN MANNING V. CALDWELL CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA, August 8, 2018 — Today a three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in Manning v. Caldwell, a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Virginia’s “habitual drunkard” […]
Read moreClass Action Lawsuit Challenges ICE Detention Policy
For Immediate Release: Contact: CAIR Coalition: Sheena Pegarido, media@caircoalition.org, 202-559-4431 LAJC: Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, simon@justice4all.org, 703-720-5605 Muslim Advocates: Scott Simpson, scott@muslimadvocates.org, 202-735-1984 CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT CHALLENGES ICE’S POLICY OF KEEPING IMMIGRANTS DETAINED AFTER THEY WIN THEIR CASES Immigrants’ rights groups fight policy that keeps immigrants behind bars after they win cases ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, July 23, 2018 — […]
Read moreLAJC Denounces ORR Collusion with ICE
LAJC just submitted a public comment urging the Department of Health and Human Services, the agency responsible for caring for unaccompanied minors and for reuniting them with their families through the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), to abandon a dangerous agreement with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that would turn ORR into an arm […]
Read morePublic Housing Tenants Reach Settlement with RRHA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sylvia Cosby Jones, Esq., Managing Attorney Legal Aid Justice Center 804-521-7305 | sylvia@justice4all.org PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS REACH SETTLEMENT WITH RICHMOND REDEVELOMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY ON CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT Richmond, Va., July 11, 2018— Yesterday, U.S. District Judge John A. Gibney, Jr., of the Eastern District of Virginia Federal Court, approved a […]
Read moreAlexandria Sheriff Begins to Move Away from ICE
For Immediate Release: July 10, 2018 Contact: Mia Taylor, mtaylor@tenantsandworkers.org, 571-269-8107 Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, simon@justice4all.org, 703-720-5605 Alexandria Sheriff Moves to Reduce Collaboration with ICE, But More Is Needed Immigrants’ Rights Groups Demand Alexandria Jail Sever Ties With ICE ALEXANDRIA, VA: Alexandria Sheriff Dana Lawhorne’s recent commitment to reduce collaboration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is […]
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