City of Denver Approves $500,000 for the Denver Immigrant Legal Services Fund for FY 2021

This week, the city of Denver took bold action for immigrant communities and approved $500,000 for the Denver Immigrant Legal Services Fund—providing vital legal protections for Denver’s immigrant communities as they continue to face the radiating impacts of criminalization, deportation, & detention amid a pandemic.

We are grateful to our community partners and the Vera Institute of Justice who continue to fight tirelessly for #DueProcess4All in Denver and advance a roadmap for lasting federal change.

"When I ended up in immigration detention, I didn’t have a penny to do anything. I was going to face the judge myself without an attorney, and just be there at their mercy. That’s when RMIAN appeared. If it wasn’t for my attorney, then I would probably be deported by now. Instead, I was released on bond, and I am fighting my case to stay here with my six U.S. citizen children."

- RMIAN client represented through the Denver Immigrant Legal Services Fund