Every day, families seeking safety and stability are threatened with separation and deportation. They are forced to defend themselves alone in immigration court, simply because they cannot afford an attorney.
Without the help of a lawyer, only one in eight people facing deportation in immigration court wins their cases. For so many others, losing often means returning to dangerous and devastating circumstances in their country of origin. That’s why Vera is building and supporting publicly funded deportation defense programsto aid people threatened with family separation.
