Tell Congress: Everyone Deserves Their Fair Day in Court!

The U.S. immigration system is set up to fail immigrants. Due to the growing number of cases in immigration court, legal service providers are increasingly strained and at capacity, unable to keep pace with the number of people needing their services.

There is a better way forward. Increasing legal representation is a sensible solution that will address backlogs, help communities prosper, and promote safety and family unity.

A companion to the Fairness to Freedom Act (H.R.2687/S.1187)—legislation that will establish a right to government-provided legal representation for people facing deportation—the SHIELD Act (H.R.8980) is a commonsense step to improve our immigration system by creating a grant program that will enable legal service providers to begin to close the representation gap and advance fairness and family unity.  

Take Action Now: Tell Congress to support the SHIELD Act.