A movement in the New York legal community to increase pro bono representation of indigent immigrants and weed out incompetent or unscrupulous lawyers who prey on them is gathering momentum. A group of some 40 to 50 lawyers has been meeting regularly to analyze what is widely regarded as a broken system, where many indigent immigrants lack the information and advice they need about asylum applications and other immigration procedures.
January 04, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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A movement in the New York legal community to increase pro bono representation of indigent immigrants and weed out incompetent or unscrupulous lawyers who prey on them is gathering momentum.
A group of some 40 to 50 lawyers has been meeting regularly to analyze what is widely regarded as a broken system where many indigent immigrants lack the information and advice they need about asylum applications and other immigration procedures.
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