Article
Pro Bono in Action: An Immigrant's Need for Representation
Business Law Today
(2010)
Abstract
Legal representation always matters, but the need for representation intensifies when the most basic rights are at
stake. In immigration removal (deportation) cases, the federal government adjudicates whether an individual may
live and work in the United States, or whether that person must relocate to another country. Reasons for wanting
to be in the United States vary, from a desire to remain with family to a fear for one's life in a home country. In these immigration proceedings, an executive branch employee, an immigration judge, applies the Immigration and Nationality Act, a body of statutes long recognized to rival the income tax code in complexity. With so much at stake and with laws so complex, attorney representation is essential.
Keywords
- immigration law,
- pro bono,
- pennsylvania immigration resource center,
- pirc,
- legal services
Disciplines
Publication Date
January, 2010
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Citation Information
Jill E. Family. "Pro Bono in Action: An Immigrant's Need for Representation" Business Law Today Vol. 19 Iss. 3 (2010) p. 42 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jill_family/16/