PAIFUP’s services are provided by two legal service providers, the Nationalities Service Center (NSC) in Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center (PIRC) in York, PA. and the immediate family members of the above (parents, siblings and spouses)IDI is a project of NYU School of Law’s Immigrant Rights Clinic, under Washington Square Legal Services, Inc., and NYU University.
IDI provides free, confidential legal consultations and representation before immigration court and agencies.NYU employees (including faculty, staff and contract-based employees) The launch of the IDP Padilla Support Center, in 2016, is a major milestone on the road toward that goal. from New York University School of Law and her Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University. For 20 years, the Immigrant Defense Project has been at the forefront of efforts to secure fairness and justice for immigrants in the US.
To launch the legal defense initiative, the City of Philadelphia allocated $100,000 in Fiscal Year 2020, matched by one-time $100,000 catalyst funding from the Vera Institute. Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative (SIFI) SIFI provides pro bono legal representation to detained immigrants at five immigrant detention centers in the Deep South and supports six others. The two organizations are representing people detained at York and Pike County Prisons.“Thanks to the powerful support and persistence of Councilmembers Helen Gym, Jamie Gauthier, Kendra Brooks, Kenyatta Johnson, Maria Quinones-Sanchez, and Derek Green, PAIFUP lawyers will continue to be on the frontlines, fighting alongside their clients for freedom from dangerous detention centers, due process in their court proceedings, and the safe return to their families and communities,” Chen said.“NSC has been proud to be a part of the PAIFUP collaborative, working with organizations around the Commonwealth to take these critical first steps in providing universal representation for everyone placed in deportation proceedings but who cannot afford a lawyer,” said Jonah Eaton, PAIFUP Supervising Attorney, Nationalities Service Center.“I am glad that so many council members came together to ensure the Pennsylvania Immigrant Family Unity Project (PAIFUP) will continue to thrive,” said Councilmember Helen Gym. “Even during a national public health crisis, federal attacks on immigrants continue unabated and immigrants of color face aggressive policing in Black and brown communities, making them even more vulnerable to detention and deportation.”“The right to a fair trial is a fundamental principle of the American justice system, and I am proud that Philadelphia is stepping up in this moment to ensure that our immigrant neighbors will have access to legal representation in federal immigration court. Episode 05: The NYU Immigrant Defense Initiative Frances Dávila received her J.D. “With this investment, Philadelphia continues to be at the forefront of expanding protections to our families and communities in a time of grave injustice. Immigrant Defense Project protects and expands the rights of all immigrants, focusing at the intersection of the criminal and immigration systems.
After graduating from college, she taught ESL and developed college access initiatives for undocumented youth. This includes long-time California residents, newly arriving families, and unaccompanied minors enrolled in California schools.
As a part of the movement to ensure a fair day in court for every immigrant, Council’s final budget doubles the city’s investment to $200,000 in Fiscal Year 2021. That City funding is now doubling, to leverage a major new grant from the Fels Foundation.“In the program’s early phases, all but one of PIRC’s clients have secured release from detention. IDI was created in 2017 as a response to President Trump’s termination of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and the Travel Ban, which seriously affected the NYU immigrant community.NYU students at all schools and graduate levelsThe NYU Immigrant Immigrant Defense Initiative (IDI) serves the immigration-related legal needs of NYU students and employees, and their immediate family members.
The Immigrant Family Defense Fund helps parents and children in California schools facing the threat of deportation access qualified legal representation, and those in immigration detention get released on bond.
The NYU Immigrant Immigrant Defense Initiative (IDI) serves the immigration-related legal needs of NYU students and employees, and their immediate family members. IDI provides free, confidential legal consultations and representation before immigration court and agencies. We hope that foundations, families, individuals and county governments across Pennsylvania will join in supporting these efforts, ” added Sarah Martinez-Helfman, President of The Samuel S. Fels Fund.Philadelphia’s support for the Pennsylvania Immigrant Family Unity Project (PAIFUP) has already proven successful at defending the rights of immigrants.
For recent law school graduates and clerks: Build expertise in immigration law and represent immigrants in removal defense, affirmative asylum and other matters. Defenders Initiative NIJC's Defenders Initiative responds to email inquiries from criminal defense attorneys who have questions regarding potential immigration consequences that their immigrant defendant clients may face.