Transforming Deportation Defense: Lessons Learned from the Nation’s First Public Defender Program for Detained Immigrants

Article by Prof. Talia Peleg and Ruben Loyo in the CUNY Law Review on the due process crisis that led to NYIFUP’s development, and how access to counsel shattered the norms and culture surrounding detained representation in New York and bolstered immigrant access to litigation beyond administrative courts and non-attorney collaboration.