Stories

Debbie Cooper

Debbie Cooper is an attorney who has been volunteering with the Immigration Justice Campaign for over two years. Her interest...

What Happens When a Judge Fails?

When an asylum seeker goes before a judge in immigration court to make their case for asylum, they are not...

Volunteer of the Year: Juliana Madaki

The Immigration Justice Campaign is pleased to honor Juliana Madaki as Volunteer of the Year. Juliana’s name might be familiar to those...

The Crucial Link Between Attorneys and Clients

Legal help for immigration issues is not guaranteed or easy to find. And language barriers can make a challenging process...

What’s It Like to Volunteer for the Immigration Justice Campaign?

Volunteers join the Immigration Justice Campaign for lots of reasons – to give time to a cause they care about,...

Henry Hollithron

My parents came to the United States from Colombia and are therefore native Spanish speakers. My mother was a contract...

Geoffrey Louden

I have been involved with immigration policy for quite some time, but until recently never direct representation. My first experience...

Esther Graff-Radford

My first time inside an immigration detention facility was when my friend Marilyn McGinnis asked me to volunteer for a...

Joanna Diamond

I am a lawyer by education, but a policy wonk by profession. It had been over 8 years since I...