The chance to meet a family impacted by our litigation in person felt like a treasure. Working at an organization that serves refugees and immigrants around the world, most of my contact with the people we assist is remote – phone calls, WhatsApp messages, the occasional video chat. I was humbled and excited to meet Natalia and her family. The family was scheduled to meet with IRAP staff shortly after her arrival. Natalia was able to enter the country with temporary parole status and reunite with her father after years apart. Natalia Villavicencia* is one of the young people who was able to travel to the U.S. I never expected that I would get so caught up in the technicalities of a lawsuit that I would ever, even briefly, lose sight of my own complex and complicated immigration journey.ĭuring my time at the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), our rockstar litigation team reached an historic settlement with the United States government in a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s unlawful termination of the Central American Minors (CAM) parole program that allowed families to safely reunite in the United States.
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As an immigrant myself, I cherished the opportunity to learn how to use the law as a tool to help families seeking safety in the U.S.
I recently concluded two and a half years working as a legal assistant at the International Refugee Assistance Project, an organization that provides legal assistance to and brings systemic litigation on behalf of refugees, immigrants, and other displaced people.
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