Timothy Sanders
Host: Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota
Sponsor: 3M Company, Faegre Baker Daniels
In Padilla v. Kentucky (2010), the Supreme Court required that defense counsel provide accurate advice on the immigration consequences of criminal convictions. The Court recognized that removal has become virtually inevitable for a vast number of immigrants convicted of crimes. Indeed, even minor misdemeanor offenses, such as turnstile jumping, can brand lawful permanent residents as so-called “criminal aliens” and bring to bear crushing immigration consequences. Nevertheless, seven years after Padilla, unconstitutional criminal convictions continue to seal the fate of thousands of immigrants in removal proceedings. This problem is exacerbated in Los Angeles County, where barriers for indigent immigrants are compounded by public defender fees, in contravention of the promise of Gideon v. Wainwright.
Andrés enhanced access to effective counsel for indigent immigrants charged with crimes in Los Angeles County by partnering with directly-impacted communities and public defenders to ensure that their immigrant clients fully exercise their constitutional rights: (1) to criminal defense regardless of their ability to pay, and (2) to effective counsel.
In the past two years, Andrés has:
Now that the fellowship is over, Andrés plans to:
Host: Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota
Sponsor: 3M Company, Faegre Baker Daniels
Host: Pangea Legal Services
Sponsor: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, The City of San Jose
Host: OneJustice
Sponsor: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, PayPal
Host: New York City Anti-Violence Project
Sponsor: Bloomberg Philanthropies, Proskauer Rose LLP