Legal Assistant - Border Action Team BAT

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Legal Assistant - Border Action Team (BAT)
Duties: Provide legal orientations to migrants in Nogales, Sonora at the port of entry and at the KBI humanitarian aid center. Assist with workshops for migrants at the KBI humanitarian aid center. Conduct in-depth client intake interviews at the KBI humanitarian aid center and in Arizona detention centers. Conduct translations from Spanish to English. Visit with detained clients to obtain initial and follow-up information. Assist with drafting and reviewing applications for relief from removal. Investigate and develop evidence to support clients’ fear-based claims, such as drafting client declarations, witness letters, and obtaining supporting documents from feared country of return. Conduct case and legal research (e.g. country conditions). Communicate with experts or witnesses as needed. Prepare legal filings and submissions, and submit to ICE and EOIR as needed by the attorney. Refer clients who are released from ICE custody to appropriate pro bono resources in their destination community, when such resources are available, and develop a compilation of packets of support. Data entry, file management, and preparing monthly statistics for grant reporting purposes. Draft client stories and articles and assist with other advocacy efforts, as necessary.

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