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Joseph Meyers, ’20-’21 Justice Catalyst Fellow, Speaks Out Against Cuban Detention on RT Español
Joseph Meyers, a ’20-‘21 Justice Catalyst Fellow, denounced the treatment of Cuban migrants in detention centers on RT Español on March 16.
Justice Catalyst Fellow Alexis Bay Denounces Border Wall at RGV Rally
Alexis Bay, a ’20-’21 Justice Catalyst Fellow, spoke at a rally in San Juan, Texas condemning former President Donald Trump’s visit to the Rio Grande Valley.
Ginger Cline, ’20-’21 Justice Catalyst Fellow, Speaks out Against Border Patrol Sending Asylum Seeker Back to Mexico While in Labor
Ginger Cline, a ’20-’21 Justice Catalyst Fellow at Al Otro Lado, a non-profit that provides legal and humanitarian support for asylum seekers, including the couple, spoke with CB8News about the couple’s experience.
After NYCLU and ACLU-NJ with Catalyst Fellow Liza Weisberg Filed Suit, Court Orders Release of Father Arrested at Routine Immigration Interview
After the NYCLU and ACLU of NJ, with Justice Catalyst Fellow Liza Weisberg, filed suit, a federal judge today ordered the release of Antonio Martinez, a Queens, New York resident and father of two detained during a routine immigration interview
Fellows
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Chelsea Gabriela Tejada
Chelsea Gabriela Tejada is a 2020-2021 Justice Catalyst Fellow at the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project working to protect the rights of noncitizen immigrants in government custody.
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David Chen
David Chen is a 2020-2021 Justice Catalyst Fellow at the ACLU Immigrants Rights Project designing and executing a nationwide strategy to enforce state law limitations on the authority of local law enforcement to detain immigrants in cooperation with ICE.
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Hayden Rodarte
Hayden Rodarte is a 2019-2020 Justice Catalyst Fellow at the Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights building a unique accountability model for addressing civil and human rights abuses in immigration detention at the border.
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Jenny Choi
Jenny Choi is a 2021-2022 Justice Catalyst Fellow in the District Office of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) working to center immigration policymaking incorporating insights from constituent engagement and casework into policy proposals.
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Ming Tanigawa-Lau
Ming Tanigawa-Lau is a 2021-2022 Justice Catalyst Fellow at the Asylum Seekers Advocacy Project building the first asylum-seeker-led systemic reform program in the United States.
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John Giammatteo
John Giammatteo is a 2020-2021 Justice Catalyst Fellow at Lutheran Social Services of New York's Immigration Legal Program coordinating the Second Circuit Asylum Monitoring Project.
Partner Organizations
ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project
The ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project is dedicated to expanding and enforcing the civil liberties and civil rights of immigrants and to combating public and private discrimination against them.
Al Otro Lado
Al Otro Lado provides legal and humanitarian support to migrants on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Asylum Seekers Advocacy Project
ASAP works alongside our members — thousands of asylum seekers — to make this vision a reality. Its model has three components: community support, emergency legal aid, and nationwide systemic reform.
Centro de Los Derechos del Migrante
Centro de los Derechos del Migrante protects Mexico-based migrants' rights between their home communities in Mexico and their workplaces in the U.S.
Immigrant Defense Project
IDP fights to end the current era of unprecedented mass criminalization, detention and deportation through a multipronged strategy including advocacy, litigation, legal advice and training, community defense, grassroots alliances, and strategic communications.