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Dear {{Constituent First Name}},
We look forward to the next stakeholder meeting with each of you. Across the U.S., communities respond to the increased anti-immigrant sentiment and rely on legal organizations to provide accurate, timely information. This month, the meeting will feature a presentation by Mayra Casas Jackson, Executive Director of the Immigrant and Refugee Law Center.
The Immigrant and Refugee Law Center provides free legal help for low-income immigrants and refugees in Cincinnati, Ohio. Their lawyers offer consultations and guidance for many immigration legal problems like completing citizenship and permanent resident (“green card”) applications and asylum claims, requesting humanitarian parole, preventing deportation, applying for special immigration statuses like Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), protecting immigrant victims of crime, human trafficking, domestic violence, getting travel documents, and receiving employment authorization. Also, the lawyers provide referrals to non-legal help for school registration, housing, food, counseling, English classes, and more.
Mayra Casas Jackson has extensive experience working with Cincinnati’s immigrant community. Before becoming Executive Director, Mayra led IRLC’s school and community outreach programs and represented individuals requesting humanitarian relief before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. A native of Peru, Mayra came to the U.S. in 2003. She worked at the Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio for 10 years, assisting clients in immigration and public benefits issues.
You can learn more about IRLC here. We look forward to the conversation on Tuesday, February 11, at 2:00 p.m. ET. Here is the Zoom link:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88145586310
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