El Paso is closer to Los Angeles than Houston, closer to three other state capitals than its own, 12 hours from Brownsville, Texas. It is part New Mexico, part Tejano, part Mexico, part Wild West, all frontera. With a population of 700,000 and separated from a 1.5 million city by a tiny rivulet called the [...]
Archive for January, 2009
El Paso del Mundo
Posted in Previous ALP Trips, Uncategorized, tagged ALP, Annunciation House, asylum law project, Casa Anunciacion, DMRS, el paso, immigrant, Las Americas, Texas Civil Rights Project, TRLA, University of Minnesota Law School on January 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
El Paso pictures
Posted in Previous ALP Trips, tagged asylum law project, el paso, texas on January 28, 2009 |
Remember, if you have any pictures from your trip please email them or post them to the facebook group. Click on each picture to enlarge.
UMN ALP in the News
Posted in Previous ALP Trips, tagged ALP, jordan shepherd, matthew webster on January 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The University of Minnesota Asylum Law Project was featured on a recent MNDaily.com article: As immigration issues continue to frequent court rooms, political speeches and circles of public debate, about 70 first-year law students helped illegal immigrants work their way through the legal process during their winter break. The law students, who were all members [...]
A note from Jordan
Posted in Previous ALP Trips on January 21, 2009 |
Hi everyone! I hope that everyone had a restful holiday and is adjusting well to the new semester. I have heard some great stories from members who went on their trip this month, and I had a great time myself in El Paso. On a somewhat related note, I want to remind everyone about the [...]
