Get your ticket to our inspirational 4th Annual Houston Gala today. The fun starts at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26.

Houston has one of the nation’s largest court backlogs, and the absence of just one judge can have a significant impact in the city’s chronically overrun immigration court system, according to an article published on Aug. 26 in the Houston Chronicle.

Victory! Read about a judge’s celebrated ruling to protect refugee children from ‘deplorable’ detention.

Born into an oppressive household, Leila suffered severe abuse, including a life-threatening female genital mutilation, at the hands of her family from a very young age. She found an ally in her older brother, and, together, they fought for Leila’s right to pursue higher education and decide whether, when, and whom to marry.

After a year of intensive advocacy, ICE announced it will free hundreds of mothers and children from remote U.S. detention centers. What needs to happen now in the name of justice?

“There was nowhere safe in my country for me,” she says. “I fought for 12 years.” Read Camille’s remarkable story of survival.