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CHRCL is a small team making a big impact. The Center's legacy includes landmark immigrant rights cases, including many Supreme Court cases, that have impacted millions of people. We engage in advocacy campaigns and provide training, resources, and support to legal service providers across the state. The work we do is dynamic, strategic, and community led, with a focus on serving needs in the community identified by direct legal service providers.

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Our team believes that organizations that support their staff do the best work. We are committed to the organizations and communities we serve and we honor our commitment to provide the best quality services, advocacy, and litigation. We also value our team and provide generous paid time off, sick time, mental health days, and compensation. Our goal is to be a happy, collaborative team doing great work.

Based in Santa Ana, California, CHRCL is a hybrid and remote workplace with flexible hours across time zones.

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The Immigration Shadow Docket: How Emergency Orders are Reshaping the Law

Alarm over the Supreme Court’s expanding use of the shadow docket continues to grow, particularly in immigration cases, where the Trump administration has relied on emergency orders to accelerate a violent immigration enforcement campaign that inflicts severe harm on immigrant communities, especially communities of color. The Stanford Center for Racial Justice aptly captures this dynamic in a recent blog post : “ Where it concerns immigration policy, the shadow docket has be

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Federal Court Protects Minnesota Refugees from Arrest and Detention

Today, a federal judge issued a Preliminary Injunction protecting Minnesota refugees from unlawful arrest and detention while the class action lawsuit U.H.A. v. Bondi proceeds.

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Attorneys File for Class Certification, Seek to Block ICE Re-Detention Practice at Check-In Appointments in the Southern District of California

Attorneys representing immigrants who were unlawfully re-detained at check-in appointments by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in San Diego are asking a federal court to temporarily block ICE from continuing to re-detain other immigrants who were previously released, while a lawsuit moves forward.

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