aw Clinic is ity legal on’s must layisenga ve no rights, kicking us have been in nave rights, 1 elf, worship as mily, itmeans a Hand in the reratic srs of his ethnic Kenya before I resettling in a & his family fing family lum, and US. a Contact Information: Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic Elon University School of Law P.O, Box 5848 Greensboro, NC 27435 Phone: (336) 279-9299 Fax: (336) 272-9667 Faculty and Staff: Heather Scavone Assistant Professor of Law and Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic irector of the Marty Rosenbluth Clinical Practitioner in Residence Where to find us: 210 W Friendly Ave Sf ELON UNIVERSITYOur History & What We Do Elon University School of Law established the Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic in December of 2010, allowing students under the supervision of law faculty to provide free legal services to low-income refugees and asylum seekers in North Carolina, Applicants for refugee or asylum status must demonstrate that they were persecuted or have a well-founded fear of persecution because of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership ina particular social group, and must meet other legal criteria, The Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic represents: rofugees asylees asylum seekers Iraqi and Afghani Special Immigrants victims of human traficking and parole ‘with specific federal immigeation benefits, including © asylum © permanent residence © naturalization 6 family reunification and © humanitarian parole. Who We Serve & Their Stories The Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic fills an urgent need in the Triad region, which receives more than a quarter of approximately 2,000 refugees resettled in North Carolina annually. through the Federal Office of Refugee Resettlement. ‘The clinic handles more than 300 refugee and asylum cases annually including approximately 40 family reunification cases, Many clients are particularly vulnerable because they are elderly, mentally or physically impaired or both. ‘The clinic serves clients from all over the world, = Cuba + Wory Coast # Laos «Liberia © Somalia * Afghanistan * Bhutan + Burma * Congo /Naturalizatios The clinic helped Lynn Knul (center), achieve US. citizenship in eluding: = Sudan * Vietnam © And many Through the elinic’s advocacy efforts, Vietor & Louis Messan were reunited with their se children, aged 12 to 23. The family was separated for four years due to civil unrest in their home country, Togo in West Africa. Family Reunification: | Febraruary 2014, Knul isa former /Montagnard refugee—a member ofthe indigenous group of people from the mountains of Vietnam that worked alongside US Special Forces during the Vietnam war. Asylum: |An entrepreneur and advocate for the disabled, Mandigo Vambe opened a store in his hometown of Harare, Zimbabwe that taught disabled individuals valuable skills to earn a living ‘on their own. He even trained some to he competitive wheelchair racers. Many of the disabled he worked with had been injured by Mugabe's repressive regime. Vambe's business ‘and active involvement in organizing a citizen protest in 2011 made him a target and Vambe fled while he could. Once in North Carolina, the clinic helped Vambe apply for political asylum which was then granted in February 2013. Soon after, the clinic helped him reunite with his wife and daughters. Most clients have difficult stories totell:a mother who escaped across battle lines, forced to leave her baby behind, seeks reunification; an elderly resident, ‘who gained permanent residence in the United States following the Vietnam War, seeks citizenship; an injured refugee seeks a medical waiver to take the citizenship test. Many times, the legal needs of clients are a family affair With the help of community partners, our faculty, staff and students work hard to censure that our clients’ needs are met inside and outside the court room,se The Humanitarian Immigration Law ‘committed to providing high quality legal ration services for our nation’s must “It feels very good to bea Ndayisenga says. “In Cong They are murdering us, out, saying we are not: this country for five years and I have rights, want, do what I want. To my far lot” Ndayisenga had fled his ancestral land in the South Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo where members of his ethnic group were being attacked, abused and Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic, with his ‘mother, wife and son, and Suzanne Haynes 1114, left, and Kate Shimansky L'13, each of whom worked on legal matters for the ‘Nadayisenga family Contact Information: Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic Elon University School of Law P.O. Box S848 Greensboro, NC 27435 Phone: (336) 279-9299 Fax: (336) 272-9667 Faculty and Staff: Heather Scavone Assistant Professor of Law and Director of the Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic Marty Rosenbluth Clinical Practitioner in Residence Where to find us: 210 W Friendly Ave Greensboro, NC 27401 EJELON Humanitarian ] Immigration Law Clinic Engaged learning. Inspired leaders. Global citizens.