Dear friends and neighbors, you are invited to a fundraising gathering to support the Community Immigration Law Center. Join us:
Thursday July 31st 5:30-8pm
The Cardinal Bar
Every day we hear news about this administration disappearing people they call criminals and terrorists. But the majority of them are hardworking folks just living and supporting their families; they are an integral part of our shared economy, our culture, our progress.
This use of violence mirrors what happens internationally in places like Gaza and allows the militarization of our communities. None of us should be surprised about the expansion of these tactics to ever more sections of our population.
The Trump administration is shamefully ignoring and bypassing existing and well established laws that enshrine and guarantee human and civil rights and due process. The Community Immigration Law Center (CILC) is committed to ensure that immigrants get proper representation and a fair hearing in court. Join us to listen to Grant Sovern, an immigration attorney and founding board member of CILC, describe the essential work of the center. Join us and help raise funds for this badly needed effort.
Th 7/31, 5:30-8pm - The Cardinal Bar
Music by Tony Castañeda - Program at 6:30 - Free Hors d'oeuvres
Dean Loumos, Gil Halsted, Stefania San
Why financially support legal representation? In 2017 The Vera Institute launched the SAFE Communities Network to counter the injustices that people facing detention and deportation were experiencing because they do not have a right to a public defender. They have found that immigrants who are represented by skilled immigration attorneys in deportation proceedings are up to ten times more likely to establish a right to remain in the U.S. than those who have no representation. The Vera Institute's Safe Communities Network website: https://www.vera.org/ .
Why support Madison's Community Immigration Law Center (CILC)? Dane County/Madison was one of the first communities to join the SAFE Communities Network through the lawyers at CILC. CILC has successfully represented hundreds of people in immigration courts. Fifty-six percent of detained clients were released from detention and 64% of cases have achieved a successful outcome in court. This is compared to the 3% national success rate for unrepresented detained people. It costs $5,000 to represent one family in Immigration Court. CILC's website- https://www.cilcmadison.org/
To donate to CILC: https://www.cilcmadison.org/donate