by admin | Jun 1, 2024 | APA news
CASE PROFILE: African Torture Survivor Granted Asylum To protect the client’s confidentiality and safety of family members back home, we do not reveal his real name. As “Isaac” ran through the darkness with violent, anti-government separatists in hot pursuit, he...
by admin | Jun 1, 2024 | APA news
APA has just been granted Qualified Charitable Organization (QCO) status for 2023 by the Arizona Department of Revenue. That means you still have time to donate to APA and receive charitable tax credit for up to $400 for individual taxpayers or $800 for joint filers...
by admin | Jun 1, 2024 | APA news
Valerie Hink Valerie Hink, APA Board of Directors co-secretary and long-time immigration attorney is recognized as the March 2023 Outstanding Volunteer of the Month by Southern Arizona Legal Aid’s (SALA) Volunteer Lawyer’s Program (VLP). Valerie volunteers on...
by admin | Jun 1, 2024 | APA news
“Based on what we have seen in Mexico, any person with a disability deported from the United States – who does not have relatives caring for them in the community – is at immediate risk of detention. Once they are placed in these facilities, their lives are at risk...
by admin | Jun 1, 2024 | APA news
Case Profile: DV Survivor Granted Asylum Seven Years After Applying “In Honduras, a dead woman is just a statistic.” – Mother of murder victim Contracorriente, August 8, 2020 Having requested asylum in 2016, a Honduran survivor of extreme domestic violence and her two...
by admin | Jun 1, 2024 | APA news
The ship is sinking. Your lifeboat has room for only a few. Whom do you choose to pull to safety? Whom do you leave to swim with the sharks? With the urgent need for legal representation for asylum seekers and torture survivors far outstripping the Asylum Program’s...
