Visits to Detention Centers
Detention Services. NWY volunteers, under the leadership of Detention Coordinator, John Wilkinson, make regular visits to asylum seekers who have been detained in Immigration and Naturalization Services Detention Center in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Along with the moral support these visits provide for detainees, NWY offers resources to the detainees in the form of phone cards, magazines, and stationery and maintains regular correspondence with the detainees. We assist asylees in finding pro bono legal representation, professionals to provide legal testimonies (e.g. psychologists) and language interpreters to assist in asylum hearings. In January 2005, NWY held its first forum on the topic of asylum seekers in the U.S. Three former detainees, now clients of NWY, volunteered to present their stories along with other panel members.
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