America is torn between the Statue of Liberty - the icon of welcoming the immigrant - and the immigration raid, between "give me your tired and your poor" and the demand that "illegal immigrants" be barred from federally assisted health care.
A dramatic legal expression of the contradiction is the statute which recognizes a right to counsel for those facing deportation but requires that it be "at no expense to the Government". 8 U.S.C. 1362
R.P.C. 6.1 says that "every lawyer has a professional responsibility to render public interest legal service." The current issue of the Fordham Law Review explores, in the words of 2d Circuit Judge Robert A. Katzmann, "deepening the profession's commitment to the immigrant poor".
FORDHAM LAW REVIEW
LECTURETHE ROBERT L. LEVINE DISTINGUISHED LECTURE OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO IMMIGRANT REPRESENTATION: EXPLORING SOLUTIONS DEEPENING THE LEGAL PROFESSION’S PRO BONO COMMITMENT TO THE IMMIGRANT POOR REPORT OF SUBCOMMITTEE 1: INCREASING PRO BONO ACTIVITY
REPORTS OF SUBCOMMITTEE 2: ENHANCING MECHANISMS FOR SERVICE DELIVERY
REPORT OF SUBCOMMITTEE 3: ADDRESSING INADEQUATE REPRESENTATION | |||||||||
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