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Our People - Safe Passage Project
Cristal Enriquez Staff Attorney Read More email Cristal Enriquez Staff Attorney Cristal is a Staff Attorney and former Immigrant Justice Cor...
Nov 29, 2024
Safe Passage Project
2022-present (2 years)
Safe Passage Project provides free lawyers to child refugees who are being deported. Our mission is to ensure that every child in New York who is eligible for substantive immigration relief receives high-quality legal representation. We believe that no child should face the immigration process alone. Under existing U.S. law, most immigrant youth have a path to legal status but, unlike in criminal court, in Immigration Court, the government does not provide defendants with attorneys if they cannot afford to pay. As a result, more than half of young people go through immigration proceedings without a lawyer. On their own, they have little chance of successfully navigating our complex immigration laws and 85% are ordered deported, according to data from Syracuse University's TRAC. When they have a Safe Passage attorney by their side, the statistics are reversed: we win our cases more than 90% of the time. Right now, thousands of refugee children are facing deportation in New York ImmigratSee more
