IMMIGRATION DEPORTATION CLINIC
IMMIGRATION DEPORTATION CLINIC
Help Immigrants
Facing Deportation!
What: Volunteer advocates needed to help immigrants facing deportation by interviewing clinic clients, analyzing facts, working with attorneys, and relaying legal information.
Bilingual volunteers are greatly needed, especially Cantonese, Khmer,
Korean, Mandarin, Spanish, Tagalog, and
Vietnamese
When: Monthly. The first clinic will be held December 9, 2006 from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. If you can’t make this clinic, but are interested in participating in future clinics, please let us know!
Trainings will be held prior to the clinic at a time to be determined.
Where: APALC at 1145 Wilshire Boulevard, Second Floor.
Contact: Jae Park at 213.241.0286 or jaepark@apalc.org
Agency Description:
The Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) was established in 1983
With broad-based support and has become the leading organization in the
Region dedicated to providing the diverse Asian Pacific American community
With civil rights advocacy and multilingual, culturally-sensitive services
And education.
APALC will be holding monthly Immigration Deportation Clinics at our
Offices to provide free legal information to immigrants affected by
the Deportation laws. Come volunteer at the clinic and help provide immigrants with information about their rights and remedies at a crucial time in their lives. The clinic will also provide you with the opportunity to get involved with national and local organizations advocating for just and humane immigration reform.
Detention/Deportation Background:
In the past ten years, more than a million individuals have been deported from the United
States. Many of these individuals have deep and longstanding ties to the United States and their removal has torn apart hundreds of thousands, if not millions of families, and exiled them to countries they may have little memory of. In the one year span between March 1, 2003 and February 28, 2004, 78,000 noncitizen immigrants convicted of crimes and 68,000 other noncitizen immigrants were removed from the United States. Some estimate that 80% to 95% of these detained individuals face the immigration court system without legal representation.
To volunteer or intern, contact Jae Park at 213.241.0286 or
jaepark@apalc.org
Daniel Huang
Policy Advocate, Immigration & Citizenship Project
Asian Pacific American Legal Center
1145 Wilshire Blvd., 2nd Floor Los Angeles, CA 90017
Tel: (213) 977-7500 Ext. 237 Fax: (213) 977-7595