The virtual event, hosted by Human Rights and Access to Justice Program staff attorneys Romina Canessa and Astrid Reyes, recognized 12 law firms, including three firms that took on KFT cases for the first time in 2023. The Keep Families Together Initiative was launched in 2018 in response to the U.S Government’s Zero Tolerance Policy and has continued to expand and adapt since then to meet the needs of children and families navigating the U.S. immigration system. Through the Vance Center’s international co-counseling model, the program connects U.S. immigration counsel with lawyers in the immigrants’ home countries to address... read more