CHRCL is proud to welcome Reza Ali, who will be joining our team as a 2026 Summer Intern to advance and defend the rights of immigrants across the country!
Read more about his background, and stay tuned for exciting updates about his work!
Read more about his background, and stay tuned for exciting updates about his work!
June 11, 2026 at 5:33 PM
CHRCL is proud to welcome Reza Ali, who will be joining our team as a 2026 Summer Intern to advance and defend the rights of immigrants across the country!
Read more about his background, and stay tuned for exciting updates about his work!
Read more about his background, and stay tuned for exciting updates about his work!
The Trump administration’s threats of war crimes demand a clear response, and we will not remain silent. CHRCL stands with 200+ organizations to reject this dangerous rhetoric and to affirm a fundamental principle: violations of international law must be met with accountability.
April 7, 2026 at 10:39 PM
The Trump administration’s threats of war crimes demand a clear response, and we will not remain silent. CHRCL stands with 200+ organizations to reject this dangerous rhetoric and to affirm a fundamental principle: violations of international law must be met with accountability.
When survivors come forward with promises of protection, they shouldn’t face deportation. CHRCL’s Erika Cervantes and Sarah Kahn speak out on a system that turns safeguards into traps.
Read more: bit.ly/MotherJones-CHRCL
Read more: bit.ly/MotherJones-CHRCL
April 6, 2026 at 7:12 PM
When survivors come forward with promises of protection, they shouldn’t face deportation. CHRCL’s Erika Cervantes and Sarah Kahn speak out on a system that turns safeguards into traps.
Read more: bit.ly/MotherJones-CHRCL
Read more: bit.ly/MotherJones-CHRCL
Another inspiring training session at the Art Theatre of Long Beach! Guests had a chance to watch the illuminating documentary Expanding Sanctuary, and engage in a panel discussion with the film's creator, its protagonist, and critical discourse on the role of organizing from ORALE, and CHRCL staff!
March 30, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Another inspiring training session at the Art Theatre of Long Beach! Guests had a chance to watch the illuminating documentary Expanding Sanctuary, and engage in a panel discussion with the film's creator, its protagonist, and critical discourse on the role of organizing from ORALE, and CHRCL staff!
ICE doesn’t belong anywhere, including our airports. CHRCL Community Advocate Edward Barsoumian sounds the alarm in an interview with ABC 7 reporter Bianca Buono about the Trump admin’s militarization of airports–a move clearly designed to threaten immigrants travelling throughout the United States.
March 26, 2026 at 10:28 PM
ICE doesn’t belong anywhere, including our airports. CHRCL Community Advocate Edward Barsoumian sounds the alarm in an interview with ABC 7 reporter Bianca Buono about the Trump admin’s militarization of airports–a move clearly designed to threaten immigrants travelling throughout the United States.
Cleared for release, then imprisoned again. Across the country, immigrants are being re-arrested at routine ICE check-ins without warning or review. Learn how advocates can fight back from Monika Langarica, CHRCL Deputy Legal Director and lead counsel of Fanfan v. Noem.
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-MAR25
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-MAR25
March 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Cleared for release, then imprisoned again. Across the country, immigrants are being re-arrested at routine ICE check-ins without warning or review. Learn how advocates can fight back from Monika Langarica, CHRCL Deputy Legal Director and lead counsel of Fanfan v. Noem.
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-MAR25
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-MAR25
Alarm is growing over the Supreme Court’s use of the shadow docket—especially in immigration cases, where emergency orders have accelerated harsh enforcement and inflicted serious harm on immigrant communities.
Join CHRCL for a free CLE with @stevevladeck.bsky.social, author of The Shadow Docket.
Join CHRCL for a free CLE with @stevevladeck.bsky.social, author of The Shadow Docket.
February 21, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Alarm is growing over the Supreme Court’s use of the shadow docket—especially in immigration cases, where emergency orders have accelerated harsh enforcement and inflicted serious harm on immigrant communities.
Join CHRCL for a free CLE with @stevevladeck.bsky.social, author of The Shadow Docket.
Join CHRCL for a free CLE with @stevevladeck.bsky.social, author of The Shadow Docket.
As our fight to defend refugees intensifies, we are proud to stand alongside allies, activists, and the survivors we serve. Watch Taylor Koehler, CHRCL Staff Attorney, Policy & Programs, share the impact of ICE’s targeting of refugees in Minneapolis during Operation PARRIS.
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February 20, 2026 at 10:26 PM
As our fight to defend refugees intensifies, we are proud to stand alongside allies, activists, and the survivors we serve. Watch Taylor Koehler, CHRCL Staff Attorney, Policy & Programs, share the impact of ICE’s targeting of refugees in Minneapolis during Operation PARRIS.
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Children don’t belong in prison. The Flores Settlement sets basic safety standards for immigrant children in detention and prioritizes their release to family.
The Trump Administration is trying to dismantle these protections.
CHRCL and co-counsel will continue to #DefendFlores.
The Trump Administration is trying to dismantle these protections.
CHRCL and co-counsel will continue to #DefendFlores.
February 17, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Children don’t belong in prison. The Flores Settlement sets basic safety standards for immigrant children in detention and prioritizes their release to family.
The Trump Administration is trying to dismantle these protections.
CHRCL and co-counsel will continue to #DefendFlores.
The Trump Administration is trying to dismantle these protections.
CHRCL and co-counsel will continue to #DefendFlores.
Alarm is growing over the Supreme Court’s expanding use of the shadow docket in immigration cases, where emergency orders have accelerated harsh enforcement harming immigrants.
Join CHRCL for a free CLE webinar with @stevevladeck.bsky.social author of The Shadow Docket.
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-MAR2
Join CHRCL for a free CLE webinar with @stevevladeck.bsky.social author of The Shadow Docket.
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-MAR2
February 17, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Alarm is growing over the Supreme Court’s expanding use of the shadow docket in immigration cases, where emergency orders have accelerated harsh enforcement harming immigrants.
Join CHRCL for a free CLE webinar with @stevevladeck.bsky.social author of The Shadow Docket.
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-MAR2
Join CHRCL for a free CLE webinar with @stevevladeck.bsky.social author of The Shadow Docket.
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-MAR2
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January 29, 2026 at 4:10 AM
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Join us for a free CLE webinar: Don’t Surrender the Narrative: Reclaiming Legislative Intent through Effective Legislative Research.
Date: Thursday, January 29, 2026
Time: 12-1:00 pm PT
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-JAN29
Date: Thursday, January 29, 2026
Time: 12-1:00 pm PT
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-JAN29
January 28, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Join us for a free CLE webinar: Don’t Surrender the Narrative: Reclaiming Legislative Intent through Effective Legislative Research.
Date: Thursday, January 29, 2026
Time: 12-1:00 pm PT
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-JAN29
Date: Thursday, January 29, 2026
Time: 12-1:00 pm PT
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-JAN29
Join us for a free CLE webinar:
The Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket: Justice Obscured
🗓️ Thurs, Dec 18 | ⏰ 1–2pm PT
🔗 bit.ly/CHRCL-Dec18
This training examines the origins & growth of the Supreme Court’s shadow docket and helps attorneys interpret these decisions and their impact on lower courts.
The Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket: Justice Obscured
🗓️ Thurs, Dec 18 | ⏰ 1–2pm PT
🔗 bit.ly/CHRCL-Dec18
This training examines the origins & growth of the Supreme Court’s shadow docket and helps attorneys interpret these decisions and their impact on lower courts.
December 17, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Join us for a free CLE webinar:
The Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket: Justice Obscured
🗓️ Thurs, Dec 18 | ⏰ 1–2pm PT
🔗 bit.ly/CHRCL-Dec18
This training examines the origins & growth of the Supreme Court’s shadow docket and helps attorneys interpret these decisions and their impact on lower courts.
The Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket: Justice Obscured
🗓️ Thurs, Dec 18 | ⏰ 1–2pm PT
🔗 bit.ly/CHRCL-Dec18
This training examines the origins & growth of the Supreme Court’s shadow docket and helps attorneys interpret these decisions and their impact on lower courts.
We are hiring! Do you have a history of leading successful impact litigation? Then we'd love to meet you!
The Center is seeking a Supervising Attorney to play a central role in identifying community needs, developing legal strategy, & mentoring new attorneys on our team. bit.ly/CHRCL-SupeAttorney
The Center is seeking a Supervising Attorney to play a central role in identifying community needs, developing legal strategy, & mentoring new attorneys on our team. bit.ly/CHRCL-SupeAttorney
December 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
We are hiring! Do you have a history of leading successful impact litigation? Then we'd love to meet you!
The Center is seeking a Supervising Attorney to play a central role in identifying community needs, developing legal strategy, & mentoring new attorneys on our team. bit.ly/CHRCL-SupeAttorney
The Center is seeking a Supervising Attorney to play a central role in identifying community needs, developing legal strategy, & mentoring new attorneys on our team. bit.ly/CHRCL-SupeAttorney
Habeas petitions are a vital tool for challenging the unlawful custody of detained noncitizens, but many immigration attorneys lack fed habeas experience. Join us & @acaciajustice.org for a practical foundation and key early-stage case considerations.
Tue, Dec 16 @ 12pm
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-DEC16
Tue, Dec 16 @ 12pm
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-DEC16
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Habeas 101: Intro to Habeas Petitions for Immigration Attorneys. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
As DHS continues to expand the use of immigration detention, the defense of detained noncitizens increasingly extends beyond the immigration courts and into federal district court. Habeas petitions ha...
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December 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Habeas petitions are a vital tool for challenging the unlawful custody of detained noncitizens, but many immigration attorneys lack fed habeas experience. Join us & @acaciajustice.org for a practical foundation and key early-stage case considerations.
Tue, Dec 16 @ 12pm
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-DEC16
Tue, Dec 16 @ 12pm
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-DEC16
As immigrant children a& their families face ongoing threats, the Flores Settlement Agreement is more important now than ever before! Join us for a free webinar, Immigrant Children in Detention: Current Conditions & Legal Challenges under Flores.
Sept. 30, 12-1 PM pst
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-Sept30
Sept. 30, 12-1 PM pst
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-Sept30
September 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
As immigrant children a& their families face ongoing threats, the Flores Settlement Agreement is more important now than ever before! Join us for a free webinar, Immigrant Children in Detention: Current Conditions & Legal Challenges under Flores.
Sept. 30, 12-1 PM pst
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-Sept30
Sept. 30, 12-1 PM pst
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-Sept30
September 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
As immigrant children a& their families face ongoing threats, the Flores Settlement Agreement is more important now than ever before! Join us for a free webinar, Immigrant Children in Detention: Current Conditions & Legal Challenges under Flores.
Sept. 30, 12-1 PM pst
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-Sept30
Sept. 30, 12-1 PM pst
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-Sept30
These rulings send a clear message: immigrant children will always deserve care, dignity, and human rights. No child should be in any prison for any amount of time.
We are honored to represent these children with @youthlaw.bsky.social & @childrens-rights.bsky.social
More: bit.ly/FloresWins
We are honored to represent these children with @youthlaw.bsky.social & @childrens-rights.bsky.social
More: bit.ly/FloresWins
News & Media | CHRCL
Stay updated with CHRCL’s latest news, impact litigation victories, press releases, and media coverage advancing immigrant and human rights.
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August 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
These rulings send a clear message: immigrant children will always deserve care, dignity, and human rights. No child should be in any prison for any amount of time.
We are honored to represent these children with @youthlaw.bsky.social & @childrens-rights.bsky.social
More: bit.ly/FloresWins
We are honored to represent these children with @youthlaw.bsky.social & @childrens-rights.bsky.social
More: bit.ly/FloresWins
The convening will be led by a panel of experts from Comunidades Indígenas en Liderazgo (CIELO) and the Mixteco/Indígena Community Organizing Project (MICOP).
The training will be hybrid, but guests are strongly encouraged to attend in-person. Lunch will be provided.
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-Aug28
The training will be hybrid, but guests are strongly encouraged to attend in-person. Lunch will be provided.
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-Aug28
August 12, 2025 at 12:23 AM
The convening will be led by a panel of experts from Comunidades Indígenas en Liderazgo (CIELO) and the Mixteco/Indígena Community Organizing Project (MICOP).
The training will be hybrid, but guests are strongly encouraged to attend in-person. Lunch will be provided.
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-Aug28
The training will be hybrid, but guests are strongly encouraged to attend in-person. Lunch will be provided.
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-Aug28
We invite attorneys & legal advocates to our hybrid 2025 Immigrant Rights Convening: Representing Indigenous Clients in the Legal System. Learn cultural understanding to better provide effective and culturally responsive representation for Indigenous immigrants.
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-Aug28
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-Aug28
August 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
We invite attorneys & legal advocates to our hybrid 2025 Immigrant Rights Convening: Representing Indigenous Clients in the Legal System. Learn cultural understanding to better provide effective and culturally responsive representation for Indigenous immigrants.
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-Aug28
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-Aug28
People with lived experience on issues impacting these communities are strongly encouraged to apply.
For more information:
bit.ly/CHRCL-Advocate
We are a remote-friendly, small team that treats one another with the same dignity & respect that we demand for the communities we serve.
For more information:
bit.ly/CHRCL-Advocate
We are a remote-friendly, small team that treats one another with the same dignity & respect that we demand for the communities we serve.
August 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
People with lived experience on issues impacting these communities are strongly encouraged to apply.
For more information:
bit.ly/CHRCL-Advocate
We are a remote-friendly, small team that treats one another with the same dignity & respect that we demand for the communities we serve.
For more information:
bit.ly/CHRCL-Advocate
We are a remote-friendly, small team that treats one another with the same dignity & respect that we demand for the communities we serve.
Some of the people in the basement were put there by masked government agents...
Families and attorneys like me try to visit the basement.They spend hours outside of a locked door…
I learned about the basement when a panicked son reached out for help from the CHRCL…
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Families and attorneys like me try to visit the basement.They spend hours outside of a locked door…
I learned about the basement when a panicked son reached out for help from the CHRCL…
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | This Los Angeles Detention center could be coming to a city near you
Federal taxpayers’ dollars keep it running. The ongoing immigration raids in the city keep it full.
www.msnbc.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Some of the people in the basement were put there by masked government agents...
Families and attorneys like me try to visit the basement.They spend hours outside of a locked door…
I learned about the basement when a panicked son reached out for help from the CHRCL…
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Families and attorneys like me try to visit the basement.They spend hours outside of a locked door…
I learned about the basement when a panicked son reached out for help from the CHRCL…
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
We stand with @theyoungcenter.bsky.social @acaciajustice.bsky.social @immigrantjustice.bsky.social @childrens-rights.bsky.social + @chrclla.bsky.social in calling on Congress to vote NO on the budget bill.
Take action now: youthlaw.org/voteno
Take action now: youthlaw.org/voteno
June 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
We stand with @theyoungcenter.bsky.social @acaciajustice.bsky.social @immigrantjustice.bsky.social @childrens-rights.bsky.social + @chrclla.bsky.social in calling on Congress to vote NO on the budget bill.
Take action now: youthlaw.org/voteno
Take action now: youthlaw.org/voteno
Join our fight for Immigrant Rights! The Center seeks an experienced individual to improve & maintain our core systems across finance, grant compliance, technology, & day-to-day office operations.
For more information visit:
bit.ly/CHRCL-OpsManager
For more information visit:
bit.ly/CHRCL-OpsManager
June 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Join our fight for Immigrant Rights! The Center seeks an experienced individual to improve & maintain our core systems across finance, grant compliance, technology, & day-to-day office operations.
For more information visit:
bit.ly/CHRCL-OpsManager
For more information visit:
bit.ly/CHRCL-OpsManager