Are you an attorney? Attend our hands-on training for those looking to practice in immigration court.

The informational event, “Respect for Working People!,” will be held from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Saturday, April 5, 2014 at Patterson High School in Baltimore, Md.

When I had a big career decision to make – should I leave my promising private law practice and enter the nonprofit field – it was actually a no-brainer.

Clinic will set the wheels of justice in motion for a group of immigrant survivors of domestic violence hoping to rebuild their lives.

Deysi Gonzalez’s diary begins with this sentence: “On July 3, 2002, I met the man I thought would be the love of my life.” Instead, she continues in neat Spanish script, the handsome acquaintance who courted her in Guatemala turned into a possessive bully who stalked and beat her.

Imagine jumping out of a plane without a parachute. That’s exactly what Tahirih’s Public Policy Director Jeanne Smoot asked an audience to imagine this week at a Congressional briefing convened to urge survivor-inspired immigration reform.

In the past decade, several new laws have allowed abused foreign-born women, including those who entered the United States illegally and those whose immigration status depends on their spouse, to obtain legal residency on their own.