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  • This tech helps corporate lawyers donate time to defend people in need

    August 01, 2018 |

    FastCompany |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Paladin, a software program is helping lawyers find pro-bono cases. Pro-bono cases are inputted into the platform, then teams of lawyers can make an account and sign up to pick up a case. Already companies like Verizon and Lyft have joined, adding their fleet of lawyers. “One of our hypotheses in building the tech that we’ve found to be true is that by streamlining the pro-bono process within organizations, we’re really able to increase engagement.”

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  • ICE Has Conducted Hundreds of Raids in New York Since Trump Came to Power. Here's What Those Operations Look Like.

    July 23, 2018 |

    The Intercept |

    Text |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In order to understand and end legal and extralegal ways the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency terrorizes immigrant communities it is essential to understand where and how ICE raids are happening. ICEWatch is a collaboration between immigrant advocacy organizations to map ICE raids—mostly in New York City—and document the tactics, location, and story of the raid.

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  • Can the A.C.L.U. Become the N.R.A. for the Left?

    July 02, 2018 |

    The New York Times Magazine |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    The ACLU has unrolled a new operation to counter human rights abuses under the current administration. They’ve hired more lawyers, taken 170 “Trump-related legal actions, and filed 83 lawsuits against the Trump administration. They’re also getting more engaged with electoral races, something they have never done before. “That’s the way we’re going to survive this. Pressure in the courts, pressure from the public.”

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  • How Sweden coped with 35,000 unaccompanied refugee children

    June 29, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Sweden

    Every migrant child applying for asylum in Sweden gets a public lawyer and an assigned guardian. Although a rapid rise in asylum seekers in 2015-16 strained the country’s migration system, Sweden has not resorted to putting children in detention centers and remains a leader by international standards in migrant children’s services.

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  • Inside the Effort to Bring Haitian Religious Leaders to the Forefront of Social Activism

    June 15, 2018 |

    Pacific Standard |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Lawyers and clergy in New York City are partnering to help Haitian-American immigrants learn about their rights. An organizer is overcoming a reluctance from some pastors to engage in what's seen as activism by developing personal relationships with leaders and attending community events.

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  • ICE Came for a Tennessee Town's Immigrants. The Town Fought Back.

    June 11, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Morristown, Tennessee

    After a raid in a Tennessee plant resulted in 97 immigrants being detained, and 130 American-born children affected, a town came together to help their immigrant neighbors. A church was converted into a crisis response center, professors organized a speaking event at the college, 1,000 attended a prayer vigil, and 300 marched in a protest downtown. “We love Morristown. We are here to send a message of love and unity.”

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  • A Year Later, Fewer Deportations in Cities That Adopted “Welcoming” Policies

    April 11, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Santa Fe, New Mexico

    In the state of New Mexico, policy makers, activists, religious leaders, and the community are all working hand in hand to make the state a safe harbor for undocumented immigrants. The state is refusing to cooperate with ICE and aside from California is one of the most friendly to immigrants. A community organizer says, “We wanted to push back against this narrative that ICE just gets to come in our communities and kidnap people from their homes.”

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  • Border Trilogy Part 1: Hole in the Fence

    March 23, 2018 |

    Radiolab |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

    In the 90s, a teacher at Bowie High School, located on the border city of El Paso, Texas, found out that hundreds of his Mexican-American students were being harassed and questioned by Border Patrol agents. Their fourth amendment rights were being violated and a group of students decided to fight back—they sued Border Patrol and won. The court ruled that Border Patrol violated their civil rights and the decision effectively barred Border Patrol from questioning people on the basis of their appearance.

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  • Hole in the Fence

    March 23, 2018 |

    WNYC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

    In the 1980s the Mexican economy falls and a surge of undocumented immigrants begin crossing the Rio Grande river into El Paso, TX. Border Patrol agents begin stopping and questioning high school students near the border in Bowie High School. After one of the high school teachers finds out, the students began to organize, eventually suing border patrol for infringing on their constitutional rights. Ultimately, the high school students win a landmark civil rights case. “We couldn’t believe we took on the federal government and won.”

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  • Germany: Refugee Integration

    January 23, 2018 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Germany, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia

    When Germany opened its doors to refugees, the country invested heavily in integration assistance, including free but compulsory language and civics courses. Though political division has formed in Germany over immigration issues, the focus on integrating refugees recognizes, and furthers, the potential of new arrivals to contribute to society.

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