CHRCL is Hiring
Supervising Attorney

The supervising attorney will work closely with the legal director and the Center’s team to develop legal advocacy strategies, lead new impact and class action litigation, and manage and mentor existing staff.

Advancing Constitutional & Human Rights Since 1980

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We focus on the critical need for legal protection and advocacy for vulnerable populations and people.

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Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law

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Through class action litigation, legal support, and advocacy we uphold the rights of marginalized communities.

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Through landmark legal victories, we have transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.

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This #MothersDay, we honor the strength, sacrifice, and resilience of refugee, Indigenous, and immigrant mothers—often unseen, yet foundational to our communities.

Their love transcends borders.

Their working hands and loving hearts keep us grounded in purpose and propel us forward in the fight for justice.

#TogetherWeRise #RefugeesWelcome
#ImmigrantsWelcome
#DefendRefuge
#WeAreAllAmerica

The Trump administration is trying to destroy due process protections that the Constitution guarantees to all in the US, regardless of immigration status. Without legal services, thousands of people will be in the dark about their legal rights, trapping them in detention centers notorious for human rights abuses, and disappearing them to countries where they face certain harm, and even death.

Legal access programs are the eyes and ears of human rights advocates in detention centers; without them, already-rampant human rights abuses go unchecked. Detention is applied as punishment, separating parents from kids & putting vulnerable groups like LGBTQ+ folks at greater risk.

If funding for legal services isn’t available, over 26k unaccompanied kids will lose their attorneys. It is virtually impossible for a child to successfully navigate complex legal proceedings alone, without a specialized attorney, esp if they are in detention rather than living with their trusted community members.

We’ve seen the horrific stories of people ripped away from their families and communities. This is re-traumatizing for the parents and children who have already suffered extreme emotional distress. Now is the time to speak out to demand justice.

Take action now: http://tinyurl.com/defend-justice (link in bio)

#DefendDueProcess #EqualJusticeisImmigrantJustice #ProtectKids

The Center, along with fourteen other immigrants’ rights organizations, submitted urgent reports to the United Nations and Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), raising the alarm over systematic and grave human rights violations against migrants and asylum-seekers by the U.S. government during the first months of the Trump administration.

We document how the U.S. government is holding migrants incommunicado in abusive immigration detention conditions, denying access to legal counsel, blocking people fleeing persecution and torture from accessing the asylum process, summarily deporting people to countries where they fear persecution, and disappearing migrants to third countries where they face enforced disappearance, imprisonment, torture, onward refoulement, due process violations, and other grave harms.

View the press release and reports:
bit.ly/CHRCLpress

A group of 97 human rights organizations, advocates and legal experts from around the world signed onto an urgent statement to call on the United Nations Security Council, Secretary-General and other human rights bodies to denounce the unprecedented agreement between the United States and El Salvador to transfer and detain individuals in El Salvador’s maximum-security Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT).

Since mid-March 2025, the U.S. government has been paying El Salvador to inhumanely imprison approximately 260 individuals - including 238 people from Venezuela - at CECOT. The agreement violates the most fundamental human rights, including non-refoulement and due process, as well as prohibitions on forced labor and torture.

We call on UN and OAS bodies to investigate the secret agreement and detention conditions in CECOT; urge the immediate end to migrant transfers and the return of detainees; an urgent debate and sanctions from the UN Security Council and the OAS; and public condemnation by international bodies. #StopCECOT

The Center’s Executive Director, Sergio Perez, joined Spectrum News 1's "The Rush Hour" to discuss recent concerns over the plight of immigrant children.

The federal government has a responsibility to ensure that children are safe and given basic legal protections. The Trump Administration's cruel practice of coercively expelling US citizen children must end.

#ProtectChildren #DueProcess

Sergio Perez, Executive Director of the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, joined @spectrumnews1socal "The Rush Hour " to discuss recent concerns over deportations and due process.

We should be outraged that U.S.-born children were stripped of their 14th Amendment rights to due process when they were deported recently with their parents. The Trump Administration continues to callously ignore court orders and threaten funding for attorneys representing children.

Let's continue to speak up for the respect of rights and human dignity for all, regardless of their immigration status.

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Research Support

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With your support, CHRCL can extend its reach, providing crucial support to direct service providers and litigating to further the fight against injustice.