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IMPACT REPORT2019
20 years fighting to advance equal justice forall immigrants
The Capital Area Immigrants' Rights
Coalition strives to ensure equal justice for
all immigrant adults and children at risk of
detention and deportation in the Capital
region and beyond through direct legal
representation, Know Your Rights
presentations, impact litigation, advocacy,
and the enlistment and training of
attorneys to defend immigrants.
DETAINED ADULT PROGRAM
The Detained Adult Program provides general information
about immigration processes, support in making informed
decisions, and as often as possible, direct legal representation
to noncitizens facing deportation while they are held inside
ICE detention centers.
DETAINED CHILDREN'S PROGRAM
The Detained Children's Program provides Know Your Rights
presentations, legal counsel, and social services to
immigrant children who entered the United States without
their parents and who are detained by the Office of Refugee
Resettlement. These children include toddlers, pregnant
teens and teen moms, and children in long-term foster care.
OUR PROGRAMS
IMMIGRATION IMPACT LAB
The Immigration Impact Lab is CAIR Coalition's appellate and
federal litigation project. Through the Lab, CAIR Coalition can
respond proactively to the injustices we witness every day
through appeals and class-action lawsuits that have the
potential to improve immigration laws for large numbers of
immigrants.
CAIR COALITION'S IMPACT January - December 2019
108BOND CASES
greatly increasing a client's chancesof being released, and having accessto resources as they fight the rest of
their case.
312FULL TRIALS
including asylum, cancellation ofremoval, or other defenses to
deportation.
4UNIVERSAL
REPRESENTATION PILOT PROGRAMS
Fairfax County and Washington, D.C. joinedPrince George's County and Baltimore City,doubling the number of local jurisdictionspartnering with CAIR Coalition in support
of detained immigrant defense.
LEGAL REPRESENTATION
Detained immigrantsare 11 times more
likely to pursue reliefand twice as likely to
obtain relief whenrepresented by
counsel.
DID YOU KNOW?
365DETAINED ADULTS & CHILDREN
PROVIDED REPRESENTATION IN COURT
up from 301 people in 2018!In a number of instances, CAIR Coalition's representation of a single client
includes multiple cases; for example, a merits case and an appeal.
42APPEALS
to the Board of Immigration Appeals andthe Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals,
challenging denials from theimmigration court.
PRO BONO PARTNERS
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLPAlston & Bird LLPArent Fox LLPArnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLPBaker & McKenzie LLP Baker Botts LLPBeach-Oswald Immigration Law Associates PCBeveridge & Diamond PCBlessinger Legal PLLCBracewell LLPBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLPBryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLPButler Snow LLPCooley LLPCovington & Burling LLPCrowell & Moring LLPCurtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLPDechert LLPDLA Piper US LLPFannie MaeFish & Richardson PCFoster McCollam PLLCFragomen, Del Ray, Bernsen & Loewy LLPFreddie MacFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLPFried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPGilbert Legal PLLC
Gray, Plant, Mooty, Motty & Bennett PAHanover Law PCHewlett Packard EnterpriseHogan Lovells US LLPJaimes Legal LLCJones DayJulia M Toro Law Firm PLLCKirkland & Ellis LLPLaw Offices of Jay S Marks LLCMayer Brown LLPMcDermott Will & Emery LLPMcGuireWoods LLPMontagut & Sobral PCMorgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPO'Melveny & Myers LLPPaul Hastings LLPPerkins Coie LLPSaul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLPSidley Austin LLPSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPVan Ness Feldman LLPVinson & Elkins LLPWhite & Case LLPWiley Rein LLPWilliams & Connolly LLPWilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PCWomble Bond Dickinson US LLPZuckerman Spaeder LLP
54FIRMS & IN-HOUSE
LEGAL DEPARTMENTS
American University Washington College of Law Immigrant Justice ClinicAmerican-Arab Anti-Discrimination CommitteeAsian Americans Advancing JusticeEsperanza Center - Catholic Charities of Baltimore Georgetown Law Appellate Litigation ClinicGeorgetown Law Center for Applied Legal StudiesImmigrant Justice SolutionsJust NeighborsLegal Aid Justice CenterRising for JusticeThe Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law Columbus Community Legal ServicesUniversity of Maryland Francis King Carey Law School Immigration ClinicWashington and Lee University School of Law Immigrant Rights ClinicWilliam and Mary Law School Immigration Clinic
13CLINICS & NON-PROFITS
122NEW CASES PLACED WITH
PRO BONO PARTNERS
M49.2%
B30.3%
A20.5%
Shout out to Freddie Mac, whose in-house legal department took on 10 cases in 2019 for 8 different clients!
Most recently, a team at Freddie Mac secured an impactful victory for Carlos,* a38-year-old father and long-time resident of the United States. Carlos' wife,Teresa,* is sick, and relies on Carlos to be the primary breadwinner andcaretaker of both her and their daughter. Freddie Mac's team wasted no time.They put together beautiful arguments detailing how Carlos qualified for notjust one defense to deportation, but two unique defenses to deportation,essentially fighting two cases at once. In the final moments of 2019, the judge granted Carlos withholding ofremoval! He can now stay in the United States, safely and permanently, andfocus on providing for his daughter and wife. Carlos said he was lookingforward to getting home so he can drive his daughter to school and cook mealsfor his family. Congratulations and thank you to all the amazing pro bono attorneys that arecentral to the CAIR Coalition team!
25APPEALS 60
MERITSCASES
37BONDCASES
AMPLIFYING IMPACT
*Client names changed
320JAIL VISITS
to the 10 detention centers in Virginia andMaryland that house 1,500 immigrant adults
and children at any given time.
4,090INDIVIDUAL
CONSULTATIONS with adults and children toascertain options to fight
deportation and reunify withfamily and friends.
241ADULTS ASSISTED
PRO SEby legal assistants who
gathered research, helpedprepare testimony, and
answered questions.
432KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
PRESENTATIONSincluding information on court
processes, legal rights, defensesto deportation, and how to apply
for asylum and other forms ofrelief.
182PRO SE
WORKSHOPSdiving deep into court
processes to better prepareadults to represent themselves
in immigration court.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
ADVOCACY
CAIR Coalition is proud to be a plaintiff and co-counsel on amajor lawsuit challenging President Trump's rule barring asylumfor individuals who enter or attempt to enter across the southernborder, if they did not seek protection from a third country while
en route to the United States.
As stated in the complaint, the rule “radically rewrites” the lawsgoverning asylum eligibility. CAIR Coalition is proud to unite with
RAICES and Hogan Lovells to challenge this injustice.
2019 HIGHLIGHTCAIR COALITION ET AL V. TRUMP
3CLASS-ACTION
LAWSUITSchallenging the
government's unjusttreatment ofimmigrants.
6APPEALS & BRIEFSchallenging the way that non-US
citizens are punished twice for thesame crime.
9HABEAS
CASESdemanding the release ofadults and children kept in
detention for prolongedperiods of time.
7APPEALS
challenging common bars toasylum and seeking to create newparticular social groups for whom
asylum could be granted!
2 LAWSUITSchallenging each ofthe Administration's
Asylum Bans,including the onehighlighted here:
FOCUS AREA I: ASYLUM LITGATION
FOCUS AREA II: DETENTION & DUE PROCESS
FOCUS AREA III: CRIMINAL INTERSECTIONS
38CLIENTS ASSISTED
DIRECTLYwith transportation to appointmentsand enrollment in school, healthcare,
and housing.
39CLIENTS REFERRED
FOR ADDITIONAL HELPto other organizations and agencies
in the area more suited to theirneeds.
2FULL-TIME SOCIAL
SERVICES STAFFcompared to 0 social services staff at
the beginning of 2018.
27POST-RELEASE
PLANS ensuring clients' safe release to
freedom, including referrals for socialservices.
SOCIAL SERVICES
"I hope this letter reachesyou in good health. I justwanted to thank youproperly for helping me withmy bond case, andeverything else. I thank youfor being among the peoplewho give us a secondchance. You and all the CAIRCoalition people are so nice,and give us immigrantshope." -Former client, May 2019
translations & interpretationscompleted
"In every case I have worked on, I am struckby the client's strength and determinationto build a better life for themselves despitethe injustices and hardships they haveendured their whole lives... It's moving to see that situations canimprove, even under the most difficultconditions, and it means a lot to me towork with CAIR [Coalition] and contributein any small way I can to making thathappen." - Mariah McPherson, Volunteer
The Team: VOLUNTEERS
500
15,000
active volunteers in 2019
"When I first startedvolunteering, I had anabstract appreciation forthe work CAIR [Coalition]does, but it was throughattending jail visits andworking the hotline that Itruly began to see theenormous impact CAIR[Coalition] has on people'slives." - Grace Benton, Volunteerand Former Intern
600
4,000 hours of jail visits
hotline calls answered
in 15 differentlanguages
The Team: DONORSEvery dollar donated to CAIR Coalition leverages
an additional $4.10. This is because CAIR Coalition currently leverages over $17 million per year in donated legal
services from more than 50 law firms and in-house legal departments in DC, Maryland, and Virginia.
DEFENDERS OF DIGNITY ($1,000+)
"Giving every month to the CAIRCoalition is important to me. Ialso volunteer and see first handhow their work really makes adifference in people's lives." - Barbara Myers, Monthly Donor
$10,000+ Alston & Bird LLPAndrew Genz and Carmen RamirezAnonymousArent Fox LLPArnold & Porter Kaye Scholar LLPBernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable TrustCenter for Popular DemocracyCooley LLPCovington & Burling LLPCrowell & Moring LLPDC Bar FoundationDrug Policy AllianceEllen Look and Tony CavalieriFried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLPGallogly Family FoundationGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPGreater Washington Community FoundationHispanics in PhilanthropyHogan Lovells US LLPHoly Trinity Catholic ChurchJones DayKaren and Tom DunlapMaryland State Bar AssociationMayer Brown LLPMecklenburg Bar FoundationMorningstar Philanthropic FundMorton K. and Jane Blaustein FoundationOliver NicholasPaul Hastings LLPPaul and Jane Khoury
Samantha Trepel And Aaron Lemon-StraussSidley Austin LLPStanley and Lucy Lopata FoundationThe Daum FoundationThe Miller-Wehrle Family FoundationThe Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationThe Steptoe FoundationThomas Gallagher and Barbara MyersVenable FoundationVirginia Law FoundationWiley Rein LLPWilliams & Connolly LLPYoon-Young Lee and Matt Regan $1,000 - $9,999 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLPAlison FeighanAndrew EwaltAndy Yaco-MinkAnonymousArianna RoysterArlington Cinema, Inc.Ava BenachBaker & McKenzie LLPBaker Botts LLPBeach-Oswald Immigration Law Associates PCBenach Collopy LLPBeveridge & Diamond PCBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLPBuckley LLPBurton Bollag
"I support CAIR Coalitionbecause it is one of the feworganizations in this region thatprovides critical legal support toimmigrant communities thatneed help the most." - Raj Mukhi, Monthly Donor
Caitlin TalmadgeCalderon Seguin PCCary and Kevin KellyCatherine BernardCharles WoodChristopher HerrlingChristy JonesCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLPDaniel and Sarah BlynnDavid and Deborah ShiplerDavid FriedlandDeborah Gaebler-SpiraDLA Piper LLPEqual Justice AmericaErin and Christopher KorvesEthan GrossmanEzra RemerFirst Congregational United Church of ChristFish & Richardson P.C.Freddie MacFriends of Don BeyerFWD.usHarman Family FoundationHelen and Bill AckermanHewlett Packard EnterpriseHimedes ChicasHolwell Shuster & Goldberg LLPHunton Andrews Kurth LLPIvette MoratayaJames GinsburgJason MidaJezic & Moyse LLCJohn Andelin and Ginger GeoffreyJon and Joan FeeJon JacobsJude and Ethan LandisJudson DolphinJulia M ToroKaren and Andrew AuerbachKaren GrisezKathleen Michels and Jerry KickensonKathryn EpsteinKresge FoundationKristine PirniaLaura TuellLawrence RosenbergLawrence Schneider and Susan NessLee DavisLeigh CoutoumanosLucille GlassmanLuther I. Replogle FoundationLynne CripeMarc and Cathy ScheinesonMarinn CarlsonMark and Miriam HetfieldMartha Edwards CorreaMartin DickinsonMassimo Calabresi and Margaret EmeryMatthew FrazierMcDermott Will & Emery Charitable FoundationMcKool SmithMaryland Wise WomenMichael PlowgianMichael WardMikella HurleyMolly JamesMorgan MacdonaldNadeam ElshamiNaomi and Kopano Glassman-MajaraNorth Carolina Bar FoundationO’Melveny & Myers LLPOrrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPPatrick Taurel and Tanaz MoghadamPatrick Wood
Paul FeiraPerkins Coie LLPPerry and Dianne SeiffertPeter Schechter and Rosa PuechPriale & Racine PLLCPrudentialResults for DevelopmentRicardo AnzalduaRobert (R.L.) PrattRobert LawrenceRobert NicholasRodney PageRon Kuby and Marilyn VastaSaad ChaudhrySamantha LeeSettlement House Books Inc.Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLPSteven BomsSuzanne PranzatelliTasneem HussainTegna FoundationTemple Rodef ShalomThe Government Affairs Institute at GeorgetownUniversityThe Robert and Carole Winter Family FundTodd Pilcher and Tasneem HussainTom MounteerTracy RomanUnitarian Universalist Church of DavisUnited Way Of The National Capital AreaVincent Van PanhuysVinson & Elkins LLPWen and Mike LePoreWendy WhiteWestmoreland Congregational ChurchWilfred GrandisonWilliam ReynoldsWilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLPWilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati FoundationZuckerman Spaeder LLP
ASSOCIATES ($500-$999)Aaron KnightAlan GourleyAlison SheahanAlma Cadenas MolinaAmna ArshadAmy McClainAmy SnyderAnne MitchellBarbara LowreyBenjamin SachsBetsy StraussBhanu MathurBlake Biles and Laura SessumsBradley JenkinsCamille JohnstonCarol WolchokCarolyn FoundationChrist Congregational ChurchClaire BergeronClaire ReadeClear Genesis, Inc.Dacia MengDaryl MullerDeborah Carliner and Robert RemesDebra and Joshua LevinDeeona GaskinDiane BaillieEarl PomeroyEileen HollanderElizabeth EdmondsEmily KambicEric Broxmeyer
Frederick ShermanGary Stein and Mary HendersonHenry LiuHoward HoganJacquelyn RivasJeffrey GutmanJillian WaltonJoanna SilverJonah Klein-BartonJudy BondermanJulia ToroKaitlin WelbornKatharina ObserKathlyn Taylor GaubatzKaylin WainwrightKristen SchwendingerKristi JanzenKristofor EricksonLawrence Schneider and Susan NessLora AdamsLowell SchoolLuanne GutermuthMargaret ClarkMaria OteroMario WeberMattie HuttonMatt KaiserMatthew EdenbaumMatthew KaiserMaureen A. SweeneyMaya HermannMeg CrowlieMelissa SampsonMeredith NeelyMichael AlexeiMichael and Patricia GenzMichael MannMichael RonickherMichel JichlinskiMike and Lisa CooneyNadine WettsteinNaima FarrellNancy DotyNancy NoonanPaul and Jennifer VerbeseyRachael and Matthew EdenbaumRebecca CooperRebecca SmullinReed and Betsy DeweyRichard L. DanaRichard O’KeeffeRichard SineRita MayerRobert JuceamRonald Schechter and Susan GilbertRube WarrenSamantha MarshallSarah RemesScott RisnerShauna KramerSimon RodbergStacy BrustinStanley SobelStephanie GeeStephen BlockSusan SaudekTeresita SchafferThe CookeryTheodore HowardThomas WestWeymouth Family Charitable FundXavier RacineYvonne Garcia
ALLIES ($250-$499)Alison SizerAmanda BermanAmy DeLineAndrew GoldfarbAnne DronnierAri and Lauren HoltzblattBarbara Yellen and Philip WestBarbara and Susan Moulton HuberBarbara FranciscoBomsey Goldstein Aylward Family FundBrandi BerryCarla Jordan-DetamoreCaryn FiscellaCatherine HarveyCharles KimmettChris TimuraChristopher CamposChristy JoriaCorodon FullerDavid ClevelandDavid LaingDavid MillerDiane MartonEdward SmockElaine WilsonEleanor AllenElena BaylisElissa ParkerElizabeth CraddockElizabeth KingEmily MoiduddinEric BordEric YoungEthan GlassmanGwen RubinsteinHolly SyrrakosJamie TabbJason PielemeierJoanne and Joshua PettyJohn KleinJohn R OnealJonathan MeltzerJonathan StewartJoseph GoldmanJoseph MuskerJudi KaneJudith CaldwellJulia Harman-CainKarl and Meredith InderfurthKathleen HeilmanKay KornmanKirkland & Ellis FoundationLaila LeighLena LewisLisa SpainMara GiorgioMarie and Steve FranceMarja HilfikerMelissa ClarkMichael & Jenna GalasMichael MillerMichael PerryMichael SongerMichelle WebsterMiriam KafkerNathiya NagendraNicholas KimNicholas MontgomeryNoah GillespiePaul Berman and Laura DickinsonPaula Olsiewski
ChairLawrence A. SchneiderArnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP Amna ArshadFreshfields Bruckhaus DeringerLLP Ashley McMahonMcDermott Will & Emery LLP Rachel BeckBryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP Claire BergeronWilmerHale LLP Catherine A. Bernard Mayer Brown LLP Alicia Burns-WrightU.S. FTC Craig DukinSidley Austin LLP Naima FarrelGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Deeona GaskinSidley Austin LLP Ron GhatanArnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP Evan GoodmanAkin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & FeldLLP
RL PrattGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP William ReynoldsFreddie Mac Tiana RussellCrowell & Moring LLP Ronald SchechterArnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP Jeff SchwartzBooz Allen Hamilton Penny ShamblinHunton & Williams LLP Matthew SharbaughMorgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Josh SiegelCooley LLP Joanna SilverFederal Public Defenders Meena SinfeltBarnes & Thornburg LLP Michael WardAlston & Bird LLP Michael WisePaul Hastings LLP Abigail YullHewlett Packard Enterprise
Lee DavisBaker Botts LLP Stephen DeGenaroJones Day Mattie HuttonO’Melveny & Meyers LLP John IngrassiaProskauer Rose LLP Carla Jordan-DetamoreVinson & Elkins LLP Caroline KimSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &Flom LLP Shauna KramerWilliams & Connolly LLP Jennifer LeechBeveridge & Diamond PC Samantha LeeWiley Rein LLP Henry LiuCovington & Burling LLP Morgan MacdonaldU.S. SEC Tracy Januzzi PenfieldHogan Lovells LLP
Richard WebberRobert CobbsRobert MabeyRose RichtmyreRuth FriedmanSamuel ElkinSamuel GreenbergShana GlickfieldShannon TurnerSharita GrubergStephen DeGenaro
Susan ManningSusan SantanaSusan SmulyanSusan ToumanianThaddeus FerberThe Arnold and Kathleen Isaacs Gift FundThe New York Avenue Presbyterian ChurchTiernan SittenfeldTraci JohnsonWendy LynchWilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Legal Advisory Committee
Board of DirectorsPresident & ChairAndrew J. Genz, Esq. Vice PresidentMarinn Carlson, Esq.Sidley Austin LLP SecretaryRobert R. Lawrence, Esq.Freddie Mac TreasurerNadeam ElshamiBrownstien Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP Ava Benach, Esq.Benach Collopy LLP Daniel S. Blynn, Esq.Venable LLP Himedes V. Chicas, Esq.Jezic & Moyse LLC Christopher Herrling, Esq.WilmerHale
Robert Nicholas, Esq. Tracy Roman, Esq.Crowell & Moring LLP Laura Tuell, Esq.Jones Day Vincent C. van Panhuys, Esq.American Airlines Patrick WoodKensho Technologies, Inc. Jonathan M. Fee, Esq.Alston & Bird LLLP Karen Grisez, Esq.Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP David Friedland, Esq.Beveridge & Diamond PC Sharita GrubergCenter for American Progress *Board of Directors as of December 31, 2019
Management Team
Executive DirectorKathy Doan, Esq.
Associate DirectorMichael Lukens, Esq.
Litigation DirectorClaudia Cubas, Esq.
Senior Program Director,Detained Adult ProgramKelly White, Esq.
Program Director,Detained Children's ProgramRebecca Goldfrank, Esq.
Program Director,Immigration Impact LabAdina Applebaum, Esq.
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