A Webinar: Protecting Young People from Enforcement That Was Never Meant for Them
Our legal team at Aldea recently secured a federal habeas victory on behalf of young adults who had already been recognized as children deserving protection as Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) visa beneficiaries. Despite this powerful benefit, they were brutally captured into the immigration prison system, detained without bond or a clear path to release, facing deportation before having a fair chance to apply for permanent residency as intended by the law.
SIJ exists because Congress understood something fundamental: children who have survived abuse, abandonment, or neglect should be protected, not imprisoned, and not deported before the law can protect them.
But as our colleagues are painfully aware, today’s detention system too often does the opposite.
In this case, Aldea went to federal court to challenge enforcement practices that treat SIJ beneficiaries like disposable cases rather than young people with rights. The results so far have been a powerful affirmation that children and young people with SIJ protection should not be held in indefinite detention without a meaningful chance at release, and that the government cannot remove them without a fair opportunity to pursue the lawful permanent residence Congress intended for them.
Please join us for a webinar conversation about the legal strategy behind that victory, why the case matters and what it took to bring it. We will also discuss how this litigation supports your strategies for removal defense in immigration court, and can help protect other children and young people across the country.
Victories like this happen because a community chooses to invest in courage, time, and the belief that children deserve better. To make this training accessible while helping sustain our litigation and advocacy work, we are offering sliding-scale suggested minimum donations:
Private Attorneys: $50
Nonprofit Organizations: $25
Acacia Partners: Free
Why a Suggested Minimum?
Aldea is a nonprofit legal organization, and victories like our SIJ habeas success require extraordinary time, expertise, and resources, much of which happens outside of funded work.
The amounts listed above represent minimum suggested contributions, not the true cost of the work. We warmly invite those who are able to contribute more to do so. Additional donations directly support impact litigation, emergency filings, and the capacity to respond quickly when children’s rights are at risk.
Your support helps ensure that we can keep sharing hard-won strategies with the broader legal community and continue bringing these cases in the first place.
Thank you for supporting community-driven litigation and the collective defense of immigrant children.
Zoom Webinar Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83395475794
Registration is now closed.
SIJ exists because Congress understood something fundamental: children who have survived abuse, abandonment, or neglect should be protected, not imprisoned, and not deported before the law can protect them.
But as our colleagues are painfully aware, today’s detention system too often does the opposite.
In this case, Aldea went to federal court to challenge enforcement practices that treat SIJ beneficiaries like disposable cases rather than young people with rights. The results so far have been a powerful affirmation that children and young people with SIJ protection should not be held in indefinite detention without a meaningful chance at release, and that the government cannot remove them without a fair opportunity to pursue the lawful permanent residence Congress intended for them.
Please join us for a webinar conversation about the legal strategy behind that victory, why the case matters and what it took to bring it. We will also discuss how this litigation supports your strategies for removal defense in immigration court, and can help protect other children and young people across the country.
Victories like this happen because a community chooses to invest in courage, time, and the belief that children deserve better. To make this training accessible while helping sustain our litigation and advocacy work, we are offering sliding-scale suggested minimum donations:
Private Attorneys: $50
Nonprofit Organizations: $25
Acacia Partners: Free
Why a Suggested Minimum?
Aldea is a nonprofit legal organization, and victories like our SIJ habeas success require extraordinary time, expertise, and resources, much of which happens outside of funded work.
The amounts listed above represent minimum suggested contributions, not the true cost of the work. We warmly invite those who are able to contribute more to do so. Additional donations directly support impact litigation, emergency filings, and the capacity to respond quickly when children’s rights are at risk.
Your support helps ensure that we can keep sharing hard-won strategies with the broader legal community and continue bringing these cases in the first place.
Thank you for supporting community-driven litigation and the collective defense of immigrant children.
Zoom Webinar Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83395475794
Registration is now closed.
