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February 1, 2018
Berkeley student pays bond for other immigrant detainees, San Diego Tribune
Three immigrants held at Otay Mesa Detention Center who couldn’t afford the bond amount given to them by a judge are now out of detention thanks to a Berkeley student who was arrested by Border Patrol in late 2017.
June 9, 2017
Cal State L.A. student activist detained by Border Patrol is released, Los Angeles Times
A 22-year-old immigration activist and Cal State Los Angeles student detained by Border Patrol Agents last month was released from custody Friday. Claudia Rueda walked out of the Otay Mesa Detention Center near San Diego after a federal judge ordered her freed on her own recognizance pending further review of her immigration case. She had been in custody since her arrest.
October 24, 2016
IJP works with UN Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner, OHCHR
IJP Senior Staff Attorney Monika Langarica attended a briefing with the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention during its first visit to the United States. She reported on topics relevant to our work, including the National Qualified Representative Program, the right to counsel, and mandatory detention. We are happy to report that much of what she reported on behalf of the IJP made it into the Working Group's Preliminary Findings. We excitedly await the forthcoming full report and recommend reading the Preliminary Findings. Some of the comments included in the Preliminary findings included "The view of the Working Group is that mandatory detention should be abolished." "Access to legal representation should be funded by the U.S. Government . . . One example of a positive model, to some extent, is the National Qualified Representative Program, which provides government-funded legal representation to detainees with mental disabilities."
Past Articles (2008-2015)
- ABA project provides legal help to immigrants who face deportation, San Diego Source
April 2015
- TJSL Welcomes ABA President, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
September 2013
- Violence in Mexico shifts, hope is for plateau, Sign On San Diego
November 2011
- How does violence in Mexico influence U.S. immigration policy?, Sign On San Diego
November 2011
- Immigration Justice Project, Fund for Justice and Education, 2009-2010 Annual Report
September 2011
- The ABA Immigration Justice Program Offers San Diego Practitioners a Unique Opportunitiy to Make a Difference, Federal Bar Association Newsletter
May 2011
- Examining Immigration, San Diego Lawyer
January/February 2010
- ABA President-Elect to Address California Western School of Law at Graduation Ceremony, ABA Now
December 2009
- Immigration Justice Project, Courtly Currents
Summer 2009
- Immigration justice Project, Bar Report
Summer 2009
- ABA Immigration Justice Project Celebrates its First Anniversary in San Diego, Federal Bar Association, San Diego Chapter
Spring 2009
- San Diego Immigration Justice Project, ABA President's Blog
March 200 - Opening the Doors to Justice, The San Diego Lawyer
March/April 2008