11 Oct 2022
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A New Website and a New Look for Legal Aid
27 Sep 2022
Emergency Legislation Creating Services for Migrants Excludes Many of DC's Immigrant Residents from Homeless Services
On September 20, 2022, the DC Council approved the “Migrant Services and Supports Emergency Amend
16 Sep 2022
The District Must Do Far Better than Mayor Bowser’s Migrant Services and Supports Emergency Act of 2022
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For months, the governors of Arizona and Texas have been busing migrants from the southwest border to the District to protest federal immigration policies that limit their ability to turn people away at the border. Just yesterday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott arranged for two buses of migrants to be dropped off outside of Vice President Kamala Harris’s residence in a publicity-seeking act of racism and xenophobia with callous disregard for the migrants’ human rights and dignity.
11 Aug 2022
CAC Digest August 2022
08 Aug 2022
Making Justice Real Campaign Raises $3.3 Million for DC Legal Aid
For the third-consecutive year, DC’s legal community came together to raise more than $3 million for DC Legal Aid through the Making Justice Real Campaign, setting a new record at $3,305,388. Nearly half of the total was raised in the last week of the two-month drive, which ran from June 6 to August 5.
“It is incredibly humbling for thousands of people from nearly every major law firm in the District to unite behind Legal Aid’s mission,” said Joan McKown, President of Legal Aid’s Board of Trustees and a Partner at Jones Day. “Especially at a time of increasing need for our client community, this is unbelievably good news.”
25 Jul 2022