Nancy Gonzalez began volunteering with Just Neighbors in December 2019. She heard about Just Neighbors through the Literacy Council of Northern Virginia and thought volunteering would be a great way to practice her professional English skills. Originally from Venezuela, Nancy came to the United States in 2016 and has been enthusiastically learning English since then. […]
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Estela*, originally from El Salvador, came to the last Just Neighbors rural program clinic seeking legal assistance to see if she qualified for any immigration status. In the past, she had met with a friend of her sibling who had filled out some immigration paperwork for her. Because she did not read or write, she
Content Warning: This story contains descriptions of physical abuse and sexual assault. Teresa came to the US from Peru in 2000 with her 8-year-old son. A few years later she met Marco at the local mechanic shop in Arlington. They eventually exchanged numbers and began to date, but Marco was very jealous. Earlier on, he
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Dear Neighbors, As we ended 2020, we looked to 2021 with hope. Hope that the vaccine will speed the end of the pandemic and a return to “normal.” Hope that a new administration will begin to reverse the policies that have been so damaging to immigrants and refugees. Hope that the divisiveness of the last
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Written by Staff Attorney, Eva Marie Carney Last week I accompanied one of our long time clients to her naturalization interview. She passed the interview and then we excitedly discussed with the USCIS officer the possibility of her taking her citizenship oath soon so she could register to vote. The officer left us to check
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Written by Staff Attorney, Jennifer Healey Danny* fled Honduras when he was just 6 years old, but he doesn’t know why. He doesn’t know that powerful narco traffickers murdered his father and then came after him, threatening to do the same. He doesn’t know that returning to his country means returning to a death sentence.
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Just Neighbors is excited to announce that Tori Andrea Babington, currently Director of Legal Services at Northern Virginia Family Service, will be joining our team after her mid-October departure from NVFS. Tori has worked relentlessly for 10 years building a stellar legal program at NVFS and will continue to build on that work at Just
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Effective July 1, 2020, DC MD Justice for Our Neighbors and Just Neighbors have joined forces to serve the DMV! Our mission and values haven’t changed but are strengthened by our ability to merge processes and resources to serve more clients in the District, Maryland and Virginia. We will maintain our current offices in Annandale, VA (headquarters),
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Click Here for Link to Orginal Spanish Language Article in El Tiempo Latino IMMIGRANTS. The campaigns in favor of immigrants are permanent actions carried out by VACOLAO. | PHOTO: Courtesy VACOLAO By Olga Imbaquingo – Special for El Tiempo Latino As of Monday, June 29, 2020 The victims of misery who have migrated from Guatemala,
Like many of you, Just Neighbors is horrified by the recent death of George Floyd. Mr. Floyd is just one of too many black lives who have died at the hands of those who control power: both individually and corporately. Just Neighbors recognizes that many of the laws here in the U.S., including our immigration laws,
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