The Immigration Advocates Network Podcast by Justicia Lab

DA: Working with Labor Organizers

This podcast conversation focuses on the new streamlined DA process and how labor organizers and other immigration advocates can work together to help working immigrants gain equal access to justice. 

Domestic Violence Cases in New York Courts

Lisa Smith, Chief Counsel, Family and Gender Violence, New York State Office of Court Administration, explains the pathways in the New York court system for domestic violence cases. 

Working with Afghan Nationals

Join us as we discuss working with Afghan Nationals with Spojmie Nasiri of Spojmie Nasiri Law and Katherine Veldhuizen, Program Coordinator with the Afghan Legal Clinic with The Advocates for Human Rights’ Refugee & Immigrant Program. In this episode we talk about the challenges and issues Afghan clients are facing and ways immigration advocates can help. 

Working With Clients With Disabilities a Discussion with CAP

Join us as we talk with Emily DiMatteo and Mia Ives-Rublee from The Center For American Progress about working with clients with disabilities.

Remote Legal Service with IRC

In this interview we speak with IRC Deputy Director of Immigration Amber Mull. We discuss how IRC created and sustained remote legal services during the pandemic. 

Getting Started with: LGBTQ Immigrant Clients

In this series, we talk to experts in the field to get their insight on working with a particular immigration client subset. This episode’s focus is on working with LGBTQ immigrants and features Amitesh Parikh, Senior Staff Attorney in Immigration Equality’s Pro Bono Program.

Getting Started with: Using Interpreters

In this series, we talk to experts in the field to get their insight on working with a particular immigration client subset. This episode’s focus is on working with interpreters and features Nitin Goyal, Deputy Program Director at CAIR Coalition.

VAWA Origins and Reauthorization—1994 to Now

In this episode, we spoke to Dr. Kirsten Rambo, executive director at ASISTA, who gave us background on the origins of VAWA, past reauthorization processes, and insight into this most recent reauthorization from her point of view as an expert and advocate.

Getting Started with: Immigrant Children

This podcast has been manually transcribed for your convenience due to poor audio quality discovered after recording. The transcription is available here.

In this series, we talk to experts in the field to get their insight on working with a particular immigration client subset. This episode’s focus is on working with immigrant children and features Andrew Craycroft, a staff attorney at Immigrant Legal Resource Center.

 

Getting Started with: Clients with Mental Illness

In this series, we talk to experts in the field to get their insight on working with a particular immigration client subset. This episode’s focus is on working with clients who are dealing with mental health issues, and features Christine Lin, Director of Training and Technical Assistance at the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies.