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Inside one of the busiest immigration courts in the country
If you are an immigrant in the US fighting deportation, what happens inside this building is all-important.
Thousands of DACA recipients are scrambling to make the Trump administration’s ‘unworkable and cruel’ deadline
US law students, driven by their own family stories, are helping asylum-seekers
Federal judges have temporarily blocked parts of Trump’s immigration restrictions, but agents are still detaining people
Attorneys in Michigan's Arab American communities have a short window to prepare for Trump’s immigration plan
To protect their immigrant residents under Trump, some cities are arming them with lawyers
These legislators say they may not be able to stop president-elect Trump from enacting severe policies to deport undocumented immigrants. But they hope providing lawyers can help.
A migrant from El Salvador gets her chance in immigration court
Most Central American migrants who cross with their children are not given asylum and the right to stay legally in the US. This mother says the consequence of the judge’s decision isn’t just documents, though. It’s life or death.
Aha Moment: Perry Mason vs. "The Paper Chase"
Jonathan Amsbary grew up on the idealized, "Perry Mason" version of what a lawyer could be. But "The Paper Chase" showed him what kind of person he didn't want to be.