Each year, ABLE's Immigration Advocacy Project releases a report to the community with important updates, statistics, and client stories to share our impact on agricultural worker and immigrant communities throughout Ohio.
Agricultural Worker & Immigrant Rights
ABLE Attorneys Publish Analysis on the Community Lawyering Model in the UIC Law Review
"Working for Justice in an Unjust System: Moving Beyond the Legal System", published in Volume 55, Issue 2 of the UIC Law Review, discusses ABLE attorneys Kathleen Kersh and Matthew Currie’s analysis of how the community lawyering model can be used to promote community power to change unjust systems.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS VIDEOS NOW AVAILABLE
New KNOW YOUR RIGHTS videos produced by ABLE help you know your rights and protect yourself and your family.
Children of Undocumented Parents Unlawfully Denied Driver’s Licenses
Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center, et al. v. Registrar, Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles Obtaining a temporary instruction permit at age 15 and t ...
Refugees’ Court Victory Will Ensure Equal Access to Ohio Drivers’ Licenses
Community Refugee and Immigration Services, et al. v. Registrar, Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles Transportation is crucial to most of us. It allows ...
Justice for Detained Black Mauritanians
Black Mauritanians began seeking refuge in Ohio decades ago after fleeing their African homeland, where they faced violence, oppression, and slavery. ...
Know your rights. Protect your family.
People should not have to live in fear that their families will be torn apart. Unfortunately, many immigrants have experienced that hard reality. Thei ...
Family separation in Ohio – families detained for ICE arrest while fishing
Families taking a Sunday off from their hard work should be able to spend time in a public place without fear of being detained without reason, arrest ...
James and Camille - A Family Reunited in time for Baby’s Birth
James and Camille are from Ghana and came to the United States nine years ago so that James could attend graduate school. After graduating with his Ph.D., James found work as a research fellow at a local university. At the time his work visa expired, Camille’s sister had just passed away, leaving behind four young children. While Camille’s and James’ visas had expired, they did not feel they could leave the United States so soon after her sister’s death, because they needed to care for their nieces and nephews.