Immigration Law Clinic Client Granted Bond
A man who entered the United States as a child refugee after fleeing Liberia and fighting for survival in a refugee camp in Ghana is free after almost two years in immigration detention thanks to the efforts of King Hall students and faculty working with the UC Davis School of Law Immigration Law Clinic.
Students Elica Vafaie '11, Su Yon Yi '11, Rachel Ray '11, and Jocelyn Wolf '11 "devoted countless hours to his case and developed complex legal arguments regarding our client's right to a bond hearing," said Professor Holly Cooper, supervising attorney with the Immigration Law Clinic. The students succeeded in getting the client a hearing, and last week an Immigration Judge in Arizona granted bond.
"The client was ecstatic," said Cooper. "He has been detained almost two years and has no deportable crimes and no valid ground of removal lodged against him. He has twin daughters and hopefully will be reunited with them shortly."