This summer, the headlines were replete with coverage of the immigration crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border. Children from all over Central America were seeking entry to the United States in record numbers, attributable to the unprecedented violence in their home countries, much of it related to notoriously ruthless gangs. U.S. Customs and Border Protection estimated that nearly 70,000 unaccompanied alien children were apprehended at the southern border during Fiscal Year 2014—a 77 percent increase over Fiscal Year 2013.
To address the crisis, the White House in August convened a meeting of representatives from national law firms, corporations, bar associations and nonprofit associations to urge their help in providing representation to these vulnerable children, most of whom are in detention centers near the border. The private bar has responded in heartening ways, sending delegations of lawyers to the remote detention centers to screen clients for possible avenues to immigration relief and assist in immigration bond hearings. This author’s firm is among them, having established a nationwide pro bono program to help address the crisis.
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