Federal Defenders’ “Immigration Raids” Resources and Information

The Federal Defenders’ have created a “Immigration Raids” page with a wealth of inofrmation about recent immigration raids in the United States and links to resources available to attorneys representing clients caught up in the raids.  “Over the past several years, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has conducted workplace raids after which the Department of Justice (DOJ) criminally prosecuted undocumented workers for identity theft and other related charges. In at least one instance, hundreds of prosecutions were conducted en masse and fast-tracked. CJA panel attorneys have been appointed in many of these cases. We have compiled the following resources to educate and assist CJA lawyers who might be faced with defending immigrants in similar prosecutions.”

KJ