legal assistance
Coverage of legal assistance in the Nexus archive.
- More than 24,000 immigrant children could lose legal representation as a federal contract expires
The termination of a federal contract that funds nonprofit organizations providing legal assistance to immigrant children will affect 90 organizations nationwide, potentially leaving over 24,000 children without legal representation.
- Day laborers come together at a convention to process a year and a half of ICE raids
Nearly 80 day laborers gathered at a Pasadena workshop to learn about legal assistance and resources. The event aimed to address the impact of ICE raids over the past year and a half.
- Day laborers come together at a convention to process a year and a half of ICE raids
Nearly 80 day laborers gathered at a Pasadena workshop to learn about legal assistance and resources amid a year and a half of ICE raids. The event was held despite risks of personal repercussions for attendees.
- Former FBI agents launch nonprofit to aid agents facing ‘consequences of upholding their oaths’
A group of former FBI employees is launching the FBI Support Network to provide legal assistance and counseling to agents facing disciplinary action or pressure to violate their oaths. The nonprofit aims to counter what it describes as an FBI 'retribution campaign' against such individuals.