Public Interest
Apr. 22, 2008
Casa Is Where the Heart is for Asylum Seekers
Ann Durst, left, founded Casa Cornelia Law Center in 1993. Carmen Chavez, right, is the group’s executive director.“I think our success has to do with our screening process. We don’t necessarily take on those cases that are easy to win, but rather those cases that have legal merit,” said Chavez.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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SAN DIEGO - Ann Durst arrived in California in 1992, drawn by the iconic Catholic missions that serve as silent reminders of the region's first immigrants.
Fifteen years later, Durst, a retired attorney and nun, remains in California, drawn to a new generation of immigrants - those caught along the U.S...
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