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FREED FROM IMMIGRATION CUSTODY: `I'm still in shock'
Federal agents quietly bring home two Henderson teens who faced deportation. Immigration officials handled the Friday release of two Las Vegas teenagers reprieved from deportation to the Republic of Armenia as a stealth operation. While attorneys for Emma Sarkisian, 18, and Mariam Sarkisian, 17, waited for the girls at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services building at noon, detention officers secretly dropped them off behind the family's Tropicana Pizza parlor in Henderson, where they were left alone. Read more...Feb 10, 2005: Immigrant Litigation Fund Announcement
The Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law launches the Immigrant Litigation Fund to encourage immigration attorneys in private practice or working with non-profit organizations to pursue remedies in the courts on behalf of immigrant and refugee populations. Read more...Dec 2, 2004: Jail alternative safeguards teen aliens
Tayo's heart is set on seeing his long-lost mom. He's traveled more than 3,000 miles, crossing three international borders. Hopped buses so crowded he and others were stacked like pancakes. Hitched rides in trucks. Slogged through mud and rain. Read more...Unicef report: 1bn children suffering
More than half the world's children are suffering extreme effects of poverty, war and HIV/Aids, denying them a healthy and safe childhood, according to a report published today.The Unicef annual report on The State of the World's Children found more than 1 billion children were growing up hungry and unhealthy, schools had become targets for warring parties, and whole villages were being killed off by Aids. Read more...Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) Manual
The Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) Manual prepared by the Equal Access Fund project of the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law is now available for download. PDF Format MS-Word Format