Today the federal government suddenly and without notice cancelled its contract to provide funding for legal representation to unaccompanied children. This order immediately stops all funding for legal representation of over 26,000 unaccompanied children across the country, including close to 200 children represented by RMIAN in Colorado.

AILA-Colorado, Colorado Bar Association CLE (CBA-CLE), Colorado Lawyers Committee (CLC), and Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (RMIAN) invite you to a half day CLE on April 9th, 2025, from 12:45 to 4:00PM (approved for 3 general credits). The CLE will be in person (bring your own lunch) at CBA-CLE with a virtual option.

Family Preparedness for Immigrant Families will cover the legal and practical aspects of preparing our clients for possible detention and/or deportation under the new administration. Our leading Colorado experts will present on the nuts and bolts of “family protection plans,” medical powers of attorney, financial powers of attorney, delegations of parental authority, testamentary appointment of guardian forms, the tools available within the Colorado courts to safeguard children, and how to navigate the current climate of fear and uncertainty with our clients. 

RMIAN joins community organizations and elected officials across Colorado in calling for the immediate release of Jeanette Vizguerra, a beloved mother, grandmother, and longtime community leader, after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) unjustly and forcibly took her into custody without warning at her workplace Monday, March 17, 2025 and immediately transferred her to the GEO immigration detention center.

RMIAN condemns the Trump administration’s March 15, 2025 executive order that invokes the Alien Enemies Act to trample fundamental principles of due process and rule of law in our country’s immigration legal system. RMIAN applauds a federal court’s order yesterday blocking the use of this executive order.

The Iliff School of Theology host its March Renewal Session: The Future of Loving our Immigrant Neighbors with RMIAN Executive Director, Mekela Goehring, on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at 12:00pm MT via Zoom. More on this event and links to registration here.

In Denver, we defend our neighbors. Denver has long been a leader in standing up for ALL our families - regardless of where they were born.

Take Action Now: Sign this petition organized by the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition and let Denver Mayor Mike Johnston him know you support Denver’s commitment to welcoming all people and ensuring that every person — no matter where they were born — can live with dignity and equal rights under the law.

Together, we make Denver stronger.

Denver7 had a conversation with Ashley Harrington, RMIAN Children’s Program Managing Attorney, highlighting the critical role of legal representation in protecting vulnerable children navigating immigration proceedings. Watch the full segment here.

RMIAN celebrates the rescinding of last Tuesday's stop work order for legal services funded through the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) Unaccompanied Children’s Program. Full article here.

Laura Lunn, the Director of Advocacy & Litigation at RMIAN, speaks with USA Today about the lack of information surrounding the recent ICE arrests."This sh ould be terrifying to folks in our country that people are disappearing," says Lunn. "Our federal government is rounding up people in our community and not telling anyone what happened to them."

Today RMIAN celebrates the rescinding of Tuesday's stop work order for legal services funded through the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) Unaccompanied Children’s Program. With this stop work order, the federal government gravely imperiled the ongoing representation of children in immigration proceedings. 

This order affected over 90 legal service providers across the U.S., including RMIAN, which together represent over 26,000 unaccompanied immigrant children in immigration court proceedings. About 160 children in Colorado were impacted by this order, where the federal government halted funding for their legal representation with the stroke of a pen.