{"id":122573,"date":"2018-06-05T12:47:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T16:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aclu.org\/documents\/about-immigrants-rights-project"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:21:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:21:40","slug":"about-immigrants-rights-project","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/documents\/about-immigrants-rights-project","title":{"rendered":"About the Immigrants' Rights Project"},"menu_order":0,"template":"","foia_agency":[],"foia_document_type":[],"foia_legal_authority":[],"foia_district":[],"foia_records_collected":[],"foia_fbi_mappings":[],"class_list":["post-122573","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"subtitle":"","date":"20180605","document_type":"other","foia_collection":null,"release_date":null,"description":"<strong>Staff of the Immigrants' Rights Project<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/bio\/spencer-amdur\">Spencer Amdur<\/a>, Staff Attorney\r\nAnand Balakrishnan, Senior Staff Attorney\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/bio\/ana-sofia-barrios\">Ana Sofia Barrios<\/a>, Family Reunification Paralegal\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/bio\/natalie-behr\">Natalie Behr<\/a>, Temporary Staff Attorney\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/bio\/grace-choi\">Grace Choi<\/a>, Skadden Follow\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/bio\/dan-galindo\">Dan Galindo<\/a>, Staff Attorney\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/bio\/nicholas-gauthier\">Nicholas Gauthier<\/a>, Special Projects Manager\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/bio\/lee-gelernt\">Lee Gelernt<\/a>, Deputy Director\r\nJackie Gormley, Office Manager\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/bio\/kate-huddleston\">Kate Huddleston<\/a>, Senior Staff Attorney\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/bio\/omar-jadwat\">Omar Jadwat<\/a>, Director\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/bio\/stephen-kang\">Stephen Kang<\/a>, Staff Attorney\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/news\/by\/sidra-mahfooz\">Sidra Mahfooz<\/a>, Staff Attorney\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/bio\/my-khanh-ngo\">My Khanh Ngo<\/a>, Staff Attorney\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/bio\/judy-rabinovitz\">Judy Rabinovitz<\/a>, Special Counsel\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/news\/by\/kelsey-raymond\">Kelsey Raymond<\/a>, Paralegal\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/news\/by\/jennifer-reyes\">Jennifer Reyes<\/a>, Paralegal\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/bio\/talia-roma\">Talia Roma<\/a>, Paralegal\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/news\/by\/morgan-russell\">Morgan Russell<\/a>, Staff Attorney\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/bio\/oscar-sarabia-roman\">Oscar Sarabia Roman<\/a>, Staff Attorney\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/bio\/noelle-smith\">Noelle Smith<\/a>, Skadden Fellow\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/bio\/hannah-steinberg\">Hannah Steinberg<\/a>, Staff Attorney\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/bio\/michael-tan\">Michael Tan<\/a>, Deputy Director\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/bio\/cody-wofsy\">Cody Wofsy<\/a>, Deputy Director\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/news\/by\/noor-zafar\/\">Noor Zafar<\/a>, Staff Attorney\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/issues\/immigrants-rights\">BACK TO THE Immigrants' RIGHTS PROJECT<\/a><\/strong>","pdf":"","drupal_node_id":"68615","related_affiliates":"","related_issues":"","related_content_documents":"","related_documents":"","foia_tags":{"foia_agency":false,"foia_document_type":false,"foia_legal_authority":false,"foia_records_collected":false,"foia_district":false,"foia_fbi_mapping":false}},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>American Civil Liberties Union<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Staff of the Immigrants&#039; 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