RMIAN Honored at Colorado Lawyers Committee 2021 Awards

Today, RMIAN, alongside colleagues at Arnold & Porter, Lichter Immigration, and The Meyer Law Office, was nominated for the ‘Pandemic Heroes Award’ by the Colorado Lawyers Committee. RMIAN was nominated for its work in 2020 in filing a habeas petition, which sought the release of 14 medically vulnerable people held in immigration detention at the Aurora ICE Processing Center. The habeas action cited the severe risk the COVID-19 pandemic posed to the health and safety of those named in the petition. Several of the petitioners named in the petition were transgender women living with HIV, as well as individuals with medical vulnerabilities. In a huge victory, less than 24 hours after the petition was filed, 8 of the 14 individuals included in the petition were released from ICE custody. RMIAN was honored to be nominated for this award and to attend the celebration lifting up heroic pro bono efforts undertaken this year in Colorado.