We partnered with the Political Asylum/Immigrant Refugee Project (PAIR) and hosted our first asylum intake clinic, completing 22 intakes in 2016. The Firm is grateful for this important collaboration and continues to assist with asylum case intakes. New volunteers take part in a training session that provides the goals of the intake process, an overview of asylum law, and an overview of working with trauma survivors.
During the holiday season, our Boston office ran a gift card drive in support of Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), a non-profit organization dedicated to providing legal services to immigrant children. WR staff gave generously donated throughout the month, with the firm matching their donations. Read more about KIND and how you can contribute and support their efforts here.
Want to learn more about the H-2 Visa program? Register for our upcoming H-2 webinar, and keep reading below! What is a migrant worker? There is much confusion over the role that migrant workers play in the United States, and unsurprisingly several conflicting definitions are used for this important labor group. In the context of U.S. immigration, migrant workers come to the United States to provide services on a temporary, seasonal basis. They play an instrumental role in the U.S. economy by curbing labor shortages across diverse industries, including agriculture, food processing, construction, landscaping, housekeeping, restaurant services, packing/production, and more. This month, WR Immigration is educating the public on the role migrant workers play in the agricultural industry, where the majority of laborers are migrants. Over recent decades, there has been considerable growth in the H-2A visa program for temporary, seasonal workers engaged in agricultural labor, herding, and livestock production. The majority of H-2A visa workers are Mexican migrants. In fact, Mexico and the United States have had a longstanding exchange of migrant labor with the first program formalized in 1942. Over the years, Congress has modernized the H-2 program for temporary, seasonal workers by introducing a labor certification process […]
