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Why attorneys represent immigrants for free

  • Written by Eduardo Capulong, Associate Dean for Clinical and Experiential Education; Professor of Law, The University of Montana
Honduran mother and child with a Border Patrol agent.

Scores of lawyers, paralegals and law students are volunteering to help immigrant families caught in the crosshairs of the Trump administration’s bid to drastically reduce the number of people without papers in the U.S. One of these movement’s highest priorities is assisting the more...

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