Yliana Johansen-Méndez

chief program officer at the Immigrant Defenders Law Center

Yliana Johansen-Méndez on KCRW

Immigrant Defenders Law Center has been sending attorneys out to locate people detained by ICE, give them info on their rights, and ensure people aren’t being unlawfully deported.

ICE raids are ‘tearing at the root of what is LA,’ says immigration lawyer

Immigrant Defenders Law Center has been sending attorneys out to locate people detained by ICE, give them info on their rights, and ensure people aren’t being unlawfully deported.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The Trump administration has halted a program financing lawyers for immigrant children.

She represented kids in immigration court. Feds cut off her funding

The Trump administration has halted a program financing lawyers for immigrant children.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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