Law360 Highlights Perspectives of RMIAN Attorneys Endorsing Universal Representation

“The current immigration system is categorically unfair. People must argue their cases against trained government prosecutors before politicized immigration courts.” RMIAN attorneys, Shaleen Morales and Laura Lunn, argue in a recent opinion piece featured in Law360. The piece, titled Immigration Detention Should Offer Universal Legal Counsel, sheds light on the inequity of the current U.S. immigration adjudication system. It calls for significant shifts away from immigration detention to free up funding that can be reallocated toward government-appointed counsel. “Fundamental fairness and basic due process are only possible in our immigration system if people have meaningful access to counsel. Similar to the public defender model, the government should provide attorneys when people cannot otherwise afford one.”

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