Thank you very much for your generous contribution to Ayuda, and to the immigrant communities that we serve. An Equal Justice America Fellow will assist Ayuda in responding to the urgent demands for direct immigration legal services in our region. We are extremely grateful to Equal Justice America for this opportunity and we look forward to getting to work!

Nearly a million poor people who seek help for civil legal problems are turned away because of the lack of adequate resources. The justice gap represents the difference between the level of civil legal assistance available and the level that is necessary to meet the legal needs of low-income individuals and families. According to LSC’s 2009 report Documenting the Justice Gap in America, 50% of all those who sought legal assistance from LSC grantees were turned away because of the lack of adequate resources. That means for every client served by LSC programs, another person who seeks help is turned away.

President Donald Trump’s 2018 budget eliminates funding for the Legal Services Corp. In his first budget proposal released Thursday, Trump is cutting discretionary spending to pay for an increase in defense spending and the wall on the Mexican border, the Washington Post reports.

We congratulate our Senator Tim Kaine on his selection to run for Vice President and thank him again for his support for Equal Justice America. This is what then Governor Kaine said about EJA when we launched Virginians for Equal Justice.