by bleffel | Oct 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
Working in Eastern Washington is very important to me because it is my home. In our Granger office, we benefit from having longtime staff members who have been with the organization since the very beginning. And because we are a small office, it feels like an...
by bleffel | Oct 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
As an attorney in our Wenatchee office, I am honored to work alongside many members of our Eastern Washington community. The immigration system in the United States is profoundly broken and anti-immigrant. No one should have to face such a system. One of the many...
by bleffel | Oct 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
As NWIRP’s social services coordinator, I am glad to work for an organization that understands the importance of providing holistic assistance to the community members they serve. My position was created in September of 2019 thanks in large part to the generosity of...
by bleffel | Oct 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
Haiyun: I’ve been doing immigration pro bono work since law school but was encouraged to take on a case through NWIRP after speaking with my colleague and friend, Bill Abrams. We reached out to NWIRP’s pro bono coordinating attorney in the Tacoma office, Bill...
by bleffel | Oct 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
My family came to the United States in 1981 after fleeing Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge. After spending a few years in Iowa, we moved to Tacoma, Washington when I was a teenager. I thought the Pacific Northwest was beautiful – the deep emerald trees, the white...
by bleffel | Oct 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
My story begins when I was deported to Mexico from the United States in 2010. Being deported was very difficult for me – it meant that I was separated from my family and from the country I grew up in. After being deported, I lived in Guanajuato for several years...
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