By Emily Green
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Lawyer after lawyer refused to take the case of detained immigrant Jesus Ruiz Diego, telling him he had no hope of avoiding deportation. A prior deportation order, when he was 11, doomed his chances, they said.
Then he met San Francisco attorney Niloufar Khonsari. She told him winning his release would be difficult, but she would try.
"When I first met Nilou, I was like, are you serious?" Ruiz D... (continued)
Jul. 18, 2014
Nonprofit lawyers advocate aggressively in immigration cases
Niloufar Khonsari and her collaborator in chief, Marie Vincent, have achieved a number of successes in handling immigration cases since opening the nonprofit Pangea Legal Services a year and a half ago.
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