Students will help prepare humanitarian parole applications for U.S. military veterans who have been deported from the United States. Students will interview veteran participants via Zoom about their need for humanitarian parole and help them complete the relevant forms. Many deported U.S. veterans were legal permanent residents who were deported following criminal legal system involvement. Humanitarian parole is a tool that allows certain individuals to enter and stay in the U.S. without a visa for urgent humanitarian reasons. For veterans, humanitarian reasons for parole may include the need to obtain medical care from VA facilities or to assist dependent family members who live in the United States.
Organization
Mithoff Pro Bono Program
The Deported Veterans Project is an internal project of the Mithoff Pro Bono Program.
Project Details
- Project Date
Saturday, March 30
- Project Time
- 10am-4pm
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 7 hours, including training
- Training
- Thursday, March 28, 12pm-1pm (TNH 3.124)
- Skills used
- Client interviewing, document preparation
- Project location
- Law School (CSO Suites)
- Address
- 727 E. Dean Keeton Street, Austin, TX 78705
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 16
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- Cultural competency and attention to detail; no prior knowledge of humanitarian parole law, client interviewing, or specific language skills are required
- To Apply
- Register at https://deportedvets3-30-24.eventbrite.com