Basic Organization Information
National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, Inc.
- Also Known As:
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National Immigration Project
- Physical Address:
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Boston, MA
02108
- EIN:
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95-2926663
- Web URL:
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www.nationalimmigrat...
- NTEE Category:
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R Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy
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R01 Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
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P Human Services
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P84 Ethnic/Immigrant Services
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R Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy
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R20 Civil Rights, Advocacy for Specific Groups
- Year Founded:
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1980
- Ruling Year:
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1982
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Mission Statement
The mission of the National Immigration Project is twofold: 1. to provide legal assistance and technical support to immigrant communities, legal practitioners, and advocates working to advance the rights of noncitizens; and 2. to promote justice and equality of treatment in all areas of immigration law, the criminal justice system, and social policies related to immigration.
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Impact Statement from Nonprofit
For the past forty years, the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild (NIPNLG) has been protecting the rights of newcomers to the U.S. In the past year, the Project successfully published a revised edition (both Spanish & English) of Deportation 101, as well as five new Practice Advisories. We also gave input into two proposed legislative initiatives affecting immigrant crime victims, in collaboration with national women's and immigrant rights organizations. Further, NIPNLG has filed nine amicus briefs and presented oral arguments in cases impacting the the procedural and substantive rights of noncitizens, as well as filing an affirmative damages suit for the unlawful arrest and beating of a noncitizen. The Project also responded to nearly 100 letters from unrepresented detainees in prison. In 2011 we have expanded our staff to include two new legal experts on the the legal rights of noncitizens.
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Chief Executive
Mr Dan Kesselbrenner
Term:
Since
May
1985
Chief Executive Profile:
Dan Kesselbrenner is a nationally-recognized expert on the immigration consequences of criminal convictions. He supervises all Project work having to do with incarceration and detention issues for immigrants, including our 2002-2003 Defending Rights Program (funded by the Ford Foundation) and our on-going prison letters program. Dan also represents the National Immigration Project on coalition projects such as the Soros Foundation funded Defending Immigrants Partnership, the BIA Pro Bono Appeals Project, and the legal team for the 2003 Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride. He is the co-author of Immigration Law and Crimes (West Publishing) and numerous articles on immigration law. In 1992, he served on President Clinton's Department of Justice Immigrant Transition Team. He has also received the American Immigration Lawyers Association's Jack Wasserman Award, the National Immigration Project's Carol King Award, and Central American Refugee Center's Achievement Award for his work advancing and defending immigrants' rights.
CEO/Executive Director Statement:
Dear friends,
In the past year we have seen new gains for immigrants, against a backdrop of increasingly troubling U.S. immigration policies and practices. The National Immigration Project is no stranger to difficult and often unpopular immigration issues. These include protecting the rights of noncitizens labeled as "terrorists" because of their ancestry or national origin, those who face criminal charges, immigrants who have survived domestic violence, those who are HIV-positive, and noncitizens who suffer unlawful and discriminatory enforcement practices.
We are encouraged that issues that once caused some to view our work as “extreme,” are now firmly rooted within the U.S. mainstream. We are heartened, for example, that in Padilla v. Kentucky, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that failing to advise a noncitizen about the potential immigration consequences of criminal charges falls below accepted standards of criminal defense representation and violates a noncitizen defendant’s constitutional rights–a result only possible due to NIPNLG’s work to elevate the standards of criminal defense representation for so many years.
As the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild marks its Fortieth Anniversary Year and I enter my twenty-sixth year as executive director, we know that the kind of social change we seek does not come easily. It requires passion, will, courage, perseverance, and organization. We feel that our mission, our voice, our ideas—and your support—are critical. I want to thank all our members and allies working to promote social justice for immigrants. Rest assured that we will not flinch from future challenges. And you are central to our success. We hope that you will continue to stand with us.
Many thanks,
Dan Kesselbrenner
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