The Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition is now Amica Center for Immigrant Rights (“Amica Center” for short). Learn more about our new name at www.amicacenter.org Since our founding in 1999, we have grown significantly and added new services to support immigrants in detention. Recently, CAIR Coalition has outgrown our name, expanding beyond our initial services and geographic boundaries. “Amica” is the Latin word for “friend,” and that echoes the way we approach what we do. Just as friends stand with one another, Amica Center stands with our clients to achieve the safety, stability, and opportunity we all deserve.
Amica Center for Immigrant Rights
Legal Services
Washington, DC 3,286 followers
Defend one another!
About us
Amica Center for Immigrant Rights engages in unwavering legal defense and strategic litigation for immigrants facing detention or deportation, regardless of background, because everyone has the right to be free, safe, and supported.
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http://www.amicacenter.org
External link for Amica Center for Immigrant Rights
- Industry
- Legal Services
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Washington, DC
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1999
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Primary
1025 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite 701
Washington, DC 20036, US
Employees at Amica Center for Immigrant Rights
Updates
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Do you speak Spanish and have 2 hours to spare each week? Volunteer for Amica Center’s Detention Hotline! Detention Hotline volunteers help immigrants who are detained access legal services by connecting them with our staff and providing case updates, and information about our upcoming jail visits. Get started by signing up for our Detention Hotline training: https://givepul.se/3xl43f
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In the first 6-months of 2024, we have fought alongside immigrant children and adults in detention, who are at risk of deportation. Our team has worked with over 1,600 people, settled a class action lawsuit against ICE, and submitted a petition calling for more oversight over ICE’s harmful surveillance program, known as “Alternatives to Detention.” Thank you to everyone who has supported our work so far this year! Together, we can create a future in which we are all safe, free, and supported. Read our recent 6-month report at https://lnkd.in/e7SeCBEW
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Join us on September 26th for a night of fundraising and community to celebrate Amica Center’s 25th anniversary. We will honor our Foundational Partners: Arnold & Porter, Beveridge & Diamond PC, Covington & Burling LLP, Crowell & Moring, and Sidley Austin LLP. These law firms have been with Amica Center and our clients throughout our 25 years. It is this enduring commitment to the fight for immigrant rights that sets these firms apart. We are so grateful for their consistent support! Learn more and get your tickets today at https://lnkd.in/gJ723XDP
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Recently, this person, who is an Amica Center client, was released from detention and granted asylum! This was his thank you to the Amica Center staff that fought alongside him. Amica Center aims to help as many people as possible navigate the immigration system safely and effectively as we work towards lasting and meaningful immigration change.
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📢 FREE CRIM-IMM IMMIGRATION LAW TRAINING! Join the Amica Center for Immigrant Rights Immigration Impact Lab's next Monthly Immigration Litigation Roundtable on "The Categorical Approach Post-Chevron: Pushing the Line on CIMTs" Crimes involving moral turpitude (CIMTs) are one of the most vague and wide-reaching categories of criminal offenses that can trigger deportation and other harsh immigration consequences under immigration law. The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) and circuit courts of appeals have found wide ranges of offenses to be considered CIMTs. Learn more about CIMTs here: https://lnkd.in/emYeJZNd Following the Supreme Court's recent decision in Loper Bright overturning Chevron, which previously awarded more deference to administrative agencies' interpretations of legal terms, there may be more room available to challenge the BIA's interpretation of what constitutes a CIMT. This training will take place Thursday, September 5th from 3-4pm EST and led by Senior Attorney Peter Alfredson and Staff Attorney Kendra Blandon. ✅ Register for this and future monthly trainings here https://lnkd.in/eb7Vsbq7 P.S. To join the Lab's list for training invites and reminders, message me your e-mail! #immigrationlaw #immigration #legaltraining #litigation
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Edafe Okporo, author of Asylum: A Memoir and Manifesto and founder of Refuge America, will speak at our 25th Anniversary Celebration in September! Get your tickets today at https://lnkd.in/gJ723XDP Join us for an evening of networking, fundraising, and community and hear Edafe Okporo speak about his personal experiences as a refugee and his unwavering commitment to equality and justice.
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Amica Center is celebrating 25 years of defending one another! Learn more and get your tickets today at https://lnkd.in/gJ723XDP Join us on September 26th at the National Museum of Women in the Arts for a night of networking, fundraising, and community. Over the past two decades, we have launched innovative new legal defenses, litigated thousands of cases, expanded our services beyond the Capital region, grown into a team of more than 100 people, and worked alongside thousands of immigrant adults, children, and families.
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We’re looking for volunteers interested in attending visits to immigration detention facilities in Virginia. Join our Legal Orientation team on jail visits this fall. As a jail visit volunteer, you’ll provide immigrant adults with general information about the detention process, information about their legal rights, and options for fighting deportation. Jail visits are full day commitments, and all volunteers must attend a jail visit volunteer training prior to their first visit. To get started, sign up for Amica Center’s Jail Visit Volunteer Training: https://lnkd.in/e5A6jS2X
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Amica Center has joined legal advocates and organizations in signing a letter calling for the timely release of people from immigration custody after they win their immigration case. There is a concerning trend of ICE continuing to detain people even after an immigration judge grants them fear-based protection from removal. Amica Center recently settled a class action lawsuit with ICE’s Washington Field Office that resulted in the release of multiple immigrants from arbitrary ICE detention. We will continue to challenge ICE’s arbitrary detention practices to get immigrants out of detention and back with their families and communities.