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Updates and Hot Topics

• ICE Courthouse Enforcement: WDAIP needs your help to track ICE enforcement actions targeting clients in/around courthouses! If you know of someone who has been questioned or arrested by ICE at or near a courthouse, please fill out this short Google Forms survey. See our new ICE Courthouse Enforcement Advisory for more information.
• DACA: Federal Court Decision Halting End of DACA is Temporary Victory, Recipients Must Stay Vigilant, Says ILRC
• Practice Advisory Updates:
  • New 9th Circuit Case Law on Drug Crimes Advisory (for Immigration Lawyers) (2.20.2018)
  • DV-VNCO Practice Advisory (revised 1.11.2018)
  • Negotiating a 180 Day Sentence Practice Advisory (revised 11.14.2017)
  • Theft Practice Advisory (revised 10.25.2017)

WDA’s Immigration Project

In recognition of the severe immigration consequences facing noncitizen defendants accused and convicted of crimes, the Washington Defender Association established the Immigration Project in 1999.

WDA’s Immigration Project focuses its work on three areas:

• Providing case-by-case immigration-related technical assistance to criminal defense counsel representing noncitizens in criminal proceedings;
• Offering on-going training and education to criminal defenders, prosecutors, judges and other entities within the criminal justice system; and
• Participating in collaborative efforts to make the criminal justice system more fair for immigrant defendants and their families.

The WDAIP Team

Annie Benson
Senior Directing Attorney
Email: abenson@defensenet.org
Telephone: (206) 623-4321 x 107
*Please note* do not contact Annie for case assistance. Rather, use one of the online forms on the case assistance page.

Jonathan Moore
Resource Specialist
Email: jonathan@defensenet.org
Telephone: (206) 623-4321 x 104

Sara Sluszka
Immigration Resource Attorney
Email: sara@defensenet.org
Telephone: (206) 623-4321 x 112