Immigration and Justice
Vera's Center on Immigration and Justice (CIJ) works with government, nonprofit partners, and communities to improve government systems that affect immigrants’ lives. CIJ focuses on two objectives: increasing immigrants’ access to legal services, and improving relationships between immigrant communities and law enforcement. The center administers legal services programs, develops and implements pilot programs, provides technical assistance, and conducts evaluation and empirical research.
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Translating Justice
The Translating Justice Initiative aims to enhance access to the justice system for those who experience communication and cultural barriers. This initiative focuses on developing and providing resources, nationwide training and support to victim service providers, law enforcement agencies, legal service providers, and courts to increase language a...
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Caitlin Gokey
Police Perspectives Guidebook Series
Building Trust in a Diverse Nation
National Qualified Representative Program
Providing legal representation for immigrants with mental health disorders.
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Michael Corradini
Related Work
Improving Responses to Hate Crime
Validating a Bias-Crime Victim Assessment Tool
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Laura Simich
Evaluation of justice AmeriCorps Legal Services for Unaccompanied Children Program
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Laura Simich
The role of police in suburban immigrant integration
In 2012, the majority of the country’s metropolitan regions saw faster growth in suburbs than in cities. By 2014, it was estimated that more than half the U.S. population lives in suburbs. This incredible growth of suburban America has led to tectonic demographic shifts in these communities, which are struggling to keep up with the influx of immigr...
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Caitlin Gokey
New York Immigrant Family Unity Project lays groundwork for constitutional victory
A recent decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit established that an immigrant is constitutionally entitled to a bond hearing within six months of being detained and must be released on bond unless the government provides compelling evidence that he or she is a flight risk or danger to the community. This important dec...
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Bettina Rodriguez Schlegel
Gaining Momentum
The New York Immigrant Family Unity Project expands to the Ulster Immigration Court
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Grace Paras
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Marina Caeiro
Language Access Resources for Working with Unaccompanied Children
A significant number of children who enter Office of Refugee Resettlement custody do not speak English. Communicating with these children can be challenging for attorneys and other service providers. To respond to this need, Vera’s Unaccompanied Children Legal Services Program has produced three resources: Glossary of Legal Spanish - A bilingual (...
Struggle for Identity and Inclusion
Unaccompanied Immigrant Youth in New York City
Struggle for Identity and Inclusion
Unaccompanied Immigrant Youth in New York City
Uniting Communities Post-9-11
Tactics for Cultivating Community Partnerships with Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian Communities
Nicholas Turner's Testimony to President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing
Written testimony of Nicholas Turner, president and director of the Vera Institute of Justice, on the topic of building trust and legitimacy between law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve, submitted on January 9, 2015 to the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing. Turner discusses how trust between police and communities h...
Out of the shadows and into the field
The Trafficking Victim Identification Tool at six months
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Lucia Goyen
Finding Free or Low-Cost Legal Help
Vera’s Unaccompanied Children Program has prepared a directory of legal service organizations that provide free or low-cost immigration legal assistance and representation for non-detained children in immigration proceedings. The directory, which is organized alphabetically by state, includes the types of legal assistance provided by each organizat...