Fairness to Freedom
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Fairness
to Freedom
The Campaign for Universal Representation
The Vera Institute of Justice and the National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA) have launched a campaign to push for legislation that establishes a universal right to federally funded legal representation for anyone facing deportation who can’t afford it.
Our vision is for all people whose life, liberty, or ties to the community are at risk in the immigration system to have access to high-quality and independent legal representation.
By passing the Fairness to Freedom Act and establishing universal representation, we will not only help bring fairness to our immigration system but also advance a future in which people can fight their deportations with the support of their families and loved ones, free of detention or surveillance.
Rally.
Advocate.
Legislate.
On Tuesday, April 26, 2022, the Vera Institute of Justice and the National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA) launched Fairness to Freedom: The Campaign for Universal Representation.
Along with more than 200 people who tuned in to our launch event, this coalition of more than 170 civil rights groups, immigrant justice organizations, legal services providers, and government leaders is calling on Congress to pass legislation establishing a universal right to legal representation for everyone in the immigration system who can’t afford it.
Mike Centano
On Tuesday, April 18, the Fairness to Freedom (F2F) Act was introduced by Representatives Norma Torres, Pramila Jayapal, and Grace Meng and Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Cory Booker. F2F will establish the right to representation for all people facing deportation, at government expense for those who can’t afford it, and create an independent nonprofit organization to provide high-quality legal representation to all financially eligible people.
Reach out to your Senators and Representatives to ask them to co-sponsor the Fairness to Freedom Act!
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The U.S. immigration system is impossible to navigate without assistance.
We must ensure every person facing detention and deportation is fully seen, heard, and represented.
Join us and over 185 endorsers across the country as we proclaim now is the time to represent — everybody.
If you belong to a non-profit 501(c)(3), c(4) organization, private firm, or are an elected official, and want to endorse the campaign, join here.
- Acacia Center for Justice
- Advocates for Immigrant Rights
- African Communities Together
- Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice
- Aldea - The People's Justice Center
- Alianza Americas and Presente.org
- Alianza NORCO
- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
- American Friends Service Committee NJ
- American Gateways
- American Immigration Council (AIC)
- American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
- Americans for Immigrant Justice
- Arizona Justice for Our Neighbors
- Arkansas United
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago
- Asian Law Alliance
- Austin Region Justice for Our Neighbors
- Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI)
- Bridges Faith Initiative
- Brooklyn Defender Services
- California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice
- Capital Area Immigrants' Rights (CAIR) Coalition
- CASA
- Casa San Jose
- Casa Yurumein
- Catholic Migration Services
- Center for Gender & Refugee Studies
- Center for Immigration Law and Policy, UCLA School of Law
- Center for Popular Democracy (CPD)
- Center for Victims of Torture
- Central American Resource Center of California (CARECEN)
- Central Washington Justice For Our Neighbors
- Centro Romero
- Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy
- City of Albuquerque
- City of Atlanta Office of the Public Defender
- City of Dallas
- Cleveland Jobs with Justice
- Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA)
- Colectiva Legal del Pueblo
- Colorado Immigrant Justice Fund
- Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition (CIRC)
- Community Immigration Law Center
- Community Legal Aid Society, Inc.
- Comunidades Unidas
- Conversations with Friends
- Doctors for Camp Closure
- Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon
- Elena's Light
- Entre Hermanos
- Envision Freedom Fund
- Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project
- Esperanza Immigration Legal Services
- Familias Unidas en Acción
- Families for Freedom
- Farmworker & Immigration Rights Clinic (Florida State University College of Law)
- First Focus Campaign for Children
- First Friends of NJ & NY
- Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project
- Florida Immigrant Coalition
- Freedom Network USA
- Global Cleveland
- Haitian Bridge Alliance
- HANA Center
- Hawaii Friends of Civil Rights
- Hello Neighbor Network
- Her Justice, Inc.
- HIAS
- HIAS Pennsylvania
- Hispanic Federation
- Hondurans Against AIDS, Inc.
- Houston Immigration Legal Services Collaborative
- Human Rights First
- Illinois Workers in Action
- Immigrant ARC
- Immigrant Defenders Law Center
- Immigrant Justice Corps
- Immigrant Justice Idaho
- Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project
- Immigrant Legal Defense
- Immigrant Rights Action
- Immigration Advocates Network
- Immigration Services and Legal Advocacy
- India Home
- International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP)
- International Rescue Committee
- Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice
- Jewish Family Service of San Diego
- JFON El Paso
- Juntos
- Just Neighbors
- Just Neighbors Ministry
- Just Peace Circles, Inc
- Justice for all Immigrants
- Justice for Our Neighbors Michigan
- Justice in Motion
- Keep Tucson Together
- Kids In Need of Defense (KIND)
- La Raza Centro Legal San Francisco
- Law Office of Daniela Hernandez Chong Cuy
- League of Conservation Voters
- Lighthouse Immigrant Advocates
- Lila LGBTQ Inc.
- Louisiana Organization for Refugees and Immigrants
- Maine Immigrants Rights Coalition
- Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy (MIRA) Coalition
- Massachusetts Immigrant Collaborative
- Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
- Michigan Immigrant Rights Center
- Michigan United
- Migrant Center for Human Rights
- MN8
- National Center for Youth Law
- National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel
- National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC)
- National Immigration Law Center (NILC)
- National Justice for Our Neighbors
- National Partnership for New Americans
- Nationalities Service Center
- Nebraska Appleseed
- Neighbor to Neighbor
- Neighbors Link
- NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice
- New England Justice for Our Neighbors
- New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC)
- New York Justice for Our Neighbors
- NewBridges Immigrant Resource Center
- Next100
- NorCal Resist
- North Carolina Immigration Law & Justice Center
- Northwest Immigrant Rights Project
- Oasis Legal Services
- OCA-Greater Houston
- Office of San Diego County Supervisor Lawson-Remer
- Office of San Francisco Public Defender
- Ohio Immigrant Alliance
- OneAmerica
- Open Immigration Legal Services
- Opening Doors, Inc.
- Oxfam America
- Pangea Legal Services
- Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans
- Pennsylvania Immigration & Citizenship Coalition
- Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center
- People’s College of Law
- Pima County Justice for All Initiative Campaign
- Pima County Public Defender
- Progressive Leadership Alliance Of Nevada (PLAN)
- Promise Arizona
- Public Defenders Coalition for Immigrant Justice
- RAICES
- Rebuild, Overcome, and Rise (ROAR) Center at the Univ of MD, Baltimore
- Redes en Accion Venezuela
- Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network
- Sarah Plastino Consulting LLC
- Seattle Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs
- Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network (SIREN)
- Somos Un Pueblo Unido
- Southeast Michigan Community Alliance (SEMCA)
- Strangers No Longer (Michigan)
- Strategic Initiative Group on Migration and Refugee Protection (Villanova University)
- Tahirih Justice Center
- Takoma Park Mobilization
- Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition
- Tennessee Justice for Our Neighbors
- The Advocates for Human Rights
- The Association of Afghans in Arizona
- The Immigration Hub
- The Legal Aid Society
- The Legal Clinic
- The Resurrection Project
- The Shapiro Law Firm, LLC
- UnidosUS
- Unified Asian Communities
- Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice
- Unite Oregon
- United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1445
- University of Wisconsin Law School
- Vera Institute of Justice
- Voces De La Frontera
- Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Washington Defender Association
- Welcoming America
- Western Center for Defense Advocacy
- Woori Juntos
- Yesuah Jehovah Outreach Center
- YMCA International
- Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights
- YWCA of Kalamazoo Michigan