“They were with me from beginning to end.”

“They were with me from beginning to end.”

In June, our client Hian—for whom we had submitted an asylum application last November—was detained by ICE agents as he left immigration court with his ALRP attorney, Slater Stanley, and Immigration Fellow Mirna Champ. Within a few days, he was transferred to a detention facility in southern California; a month later, he was transferred again to Tacoma, Washington. At both facilities, he was denied consistent access to his medications and faced inhumane conditions and violence.

Throughout July and August, ALRP’s immigration team worked tirelessly to maintain Hian’s asylum case, restore his access to the correct medications, and get him released from detention. In September, Hian was finally granted asylum on the clear and strong merits of his case and released from custody. We flew him home to San Francisco.

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Over the past year, we’ve helped 182 clients with an immigration matter, and in October, we hired a second full-time immigration attorney to help us meet the increased need our community is facing.

As the federal government continues to implement draconian new policies and enforcement practices, your year-end gift will help make sure our immigrant community members have access to ALRP’s legal services in 2026—all of which are completely free of charge to clients.