Students will help Haitian nationals located in the U.S. apply for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). TPS provides a temporary stay of deportation, and individuals filing for TPS also may request work and travel authorization. TPS is a temporary immigration status provided to nationals of certain countries experiencing problems that make it difficult or unsafe for their nationals to be deported to those countries. The Department of Homeland Security announced a new 18-month designation of Haiti for TPS in May 2021.
Organization
The Office of New Americans of Miami-Dade
The Office of New Americans (ONA) of Miami-Dade is a public-private partnership that works to ensure aspiring Americans achieve economic stability, immigrant integration, and civic engagement in order be full U.S. citizens. ONA is hosting virtual TPS clinics in partnership with Catholic Legal Services, the American Immigration Lawyers Association-South Florida Chapter, HIAS, FAMN, Sant La, ABA Commission on Immigration, and the Florida Immigrant Coalition.
Project Details
- Project Start Date
October 2021
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 4 hours, including training
- Training
- Asynchronous
- Skills used
- Client interviewing; document preparation
- Project location
- Virtual
- Address
- 601 NW 1st Ct #116, Miami, FL 33136
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 25
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- Previous immigration law experience helpful; Haitian Creole or French language skills are helpful but not required; students who do not speak the same language as the applicant they are working with will have access to a translator
- To Apply
- Register at https://ona.salsalabs.org/tpshaitivolunteer/index.html ; students must register for the form preparation volunteer role to receive pro bono credit; please email Sarah Sedgwick at ssedgwick@law.utexas.edu immediately after the clinic to report your hours