New York Legal Assistance Group

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Alma Santiago released from ICE detention

The Department of Homeland Security has released Alma Centeno Santiago—a pregnant New York woman detained by ICE in April 2019— from detention.
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Does NY’s Legal System Provide Justice to Sexual Assault Survivors?

Lisa Rivera, NYLAG’s Managing Attorney, wrote this Op-Ed for Sexual Assault Awareness Month in the New York Law Journal
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Giving Civil Pro Se Litigants a Fighting Chance in Federal Court

The SDNY Legal Clinic for Pro Se Litigants helps make legal assistance available to the large number of civil litigants who come to federal court without an attorney.
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The Human Face of Asylum Seekers

Elizabeth Gibson, attorney with our Immigrant Protection Unit, defends asylum against dangerous rhetoric from the Trump Administration.
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