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Volunteer Medical Student, Elaine, showing a patient's mother her
immi.org legal screening results.

Children's National Health System Pilots Immi to Help Children and
Families

The doctors of the Children’s Health Center at Adams Morgan
(CHC-Adams Morgan), a primary care clinic at Children’s National
Health System in Washington D.C. are experts in pediatric health. A
few years ago Dr. Daniel Newman and Dr. Lanre Falusi noticed an
influx of Central American children, arriving to reunite with their
families after long journeys, or months in immigration detention. The
children needed medical and legal assistance. Some had upcoming
immigration court dates. Their families needed help to renew
temporary legal status and find options for permanent residency. The
doctors also saw a large number of child patients who are citizens,
but whose families live in fear because the parents are undocumented.

The CHC-Adams Morgan team wanted to provide in-house legal support
and connect clients to community resources. Volunteer medical
students began sharing the Immigration Paths Quiz on immi.org -
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the family's immigration options. The medical students facilitate
referrals to local, low-cost or free legal services.

Over the next year, the Children’s Health Center will identify
resources to create an in-house immigration medical-legal
partnership. The Immigration Advocates Network will continue to
support their work by building a new feature on immi to help with
referrals.

Our amazing VISTAs and summer interns. From left to right, Dominic
Hussain,

Emily Cabarle, Bella Bohner, and Nancy Larcher.

Pro Bono and Volunteer Projects

Many thanks to VISTA Nancy Larcher, for her work this past year on
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Nancy well as she starts her new job at the New York City Bar Justice
Center. And we welcome Dominic Hussain, joining Pro Bono Net this
summer for a VISTA service year. Dominic is a recent college graduate
and prospective law student, interested in social equity and legal
advocacy. Their VISTA project will focus on a new Remote Legal
Support (RLS) manual and project to connect rural and underserved
communities to pro bono legal assistance. Dominic is currently
analyzing results from IAN's national survey to gauge the field's
interest and experience in remote legal support projects. They will
work with partners and across legal sectors to publish the manual and
survey results later this year.

The Latest from the Immigration Advocates Network

This is the monthly digest from the Immigration Advocates Network and
our partners in immigrant advocacy.

As the Trump Administration has announced increasingly restrictive
enforcement and asylum policies, advocates have filed lawsuits and
secured court orders to prevent some of the policies from going
forward while litigation is pending. In other cases, advocates have
created practice advisories to inform legal strategy. We've posted
background information and litigation updates on the policy to
restrict asylum for people who transit through third countries -
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and a practice pointer for family-based asylum claims -
[link removed] . Advocates filed a lawsuit last week to challenge the
Administration's plan to subject anyone in the U.S. for less than two
years to expedited removal -
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education flyer -
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public charge rules -
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challenging the new rules -
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New and Upcoming Webinars

Join us for a free webinar, Best Practices for Screening and
Representing Unaccompanied Children, on Thursday, September 5th at
2:00 Eastern / 1:00 Central / 12:00 Mountain / 11:00 Pacific. The
webinar will discuss working with children who are traumatized; the
latest developments in asylum and SIJS cases; and, how to talk about
the law and options with your client. The panelists are Erin Maxwell,
Senior Social Worker, Legal Services for Children, San Francisco;
Andrew Craycroft, Staff Attorney, Immigrant Legal Resource Center,
and Stephany Arzaga, Staff Attorney, Legal Services for Children, San
Francisco. To register for this free webinar, go to -
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Check out our recently recorded webinar and training materials for
volunteer interpreters -
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Advocates for Human Rights.

Donate -
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Jobs in Immigrant Advocacy

Human Resources Director, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project -
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Location: Seattle, WA

Last Date to Apply: Position Open Until Filled

Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative Lead Attorney, Southern
Poverty Law Center -
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Location: Ocilla, GA

Last Date to Apply: Position Open Until Filled

Legal Assistant, Houston Immigration Legal Services Collaborative -
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Location: Houston, TX

Last Date to Apply: Position Open Until Filled

Refugee and Immigrants Program Associate, The Advocates For Human
Rights -
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Location: Minneapolis, MN

Last Date to Apply: Position Open Until Filled

To find out about jobs in our field, visit -
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job listing, email [email protected].

About Immigration Advocates Network

The Immigration Advocates Network (IAN), a program of Pro Bono Net,
is dedicated to expanding access to immigration legal resources and
information through collaboration and technology. IAN was created in
2007 by leading immigrants' rights organizations, to increase access
to justice for low-income immigrants and strengthen the capacity of
organizations serving them. We create our own tools, build platforms
for others, and work with partners to harness the power of technology
and collaboration to better support immigrants and their advocates.

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