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Careers With an Impact

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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Passionate Team

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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Habeas 101: Intro to Habeas Petitions for Immigration Attorneys

As DHS continues to expand the use of immigration detention, the defense of detained noncitizens increasingly extends beyond the immigration courts and into federal district court. Habeas petitions have become an essential strategy for challenging unlawful custody, yet many immigration attorneys have limited experience with federal habeas practice and are navigating it for the first time. Join the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law for a free CLE webinar, Habeas 1

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Supervising Attorney

The Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law seeks an innovative attorney with a clear theory of change and history of leading successful impact litigation. The supervising attorney will work closely with the legal director and other team members to develop legal advocacy strategies and lead new impact and class action litigation.

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New Lawsuit Seeks to End Unlawful Trump Administration Practice of Detaining Immigrants without Due Process in San Diego County - Fanfan v. Noem

The federal suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, is challenging U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (“ICE”) practice of deliberately targeting and re-detaining people with ongoing immigration court proceedings, who the government had previously cleared for release, as contrary to the Due Process Clause of the U.S. Constitution’s Fifth Amendment, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the Administrative Procedure Act.

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