On Thursday, November 14th, RMIAN will be hosting a virtual Lunch & Learn for pro bono attorneys.
This month's topic is Release from Detention: Bond and Parole.
At any given time, over 1,200 asylum seekers and long-term U.S. residents are detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in civil immigration detention in Aurora, Colorado, while they fight their cases to remain safely in the United States. In detention, people are separated from their loved ones, employment, and education. Movement is restricted, and medical and mental health services are very limited. Detention also imposes barriers to access to counsel and becomes a disincentive to continuing to fight a case.
RMIAN seeks pro bono attorneys to work with clients to achieve freedom from detention. Clients can then continue fighting their cases together with loved ones and with fewer barriers to preparing a case.
In this lunch and learn, RMIAN will give an overview of options for release from immigration detention. We will discuss how to present a bond matter before the Immigration Court and how to request release from detention from ICE.
Join us to learn and build community! You need not be actively working on a case through RMIAN to attend. We hope to see you there!