The Southwest Clinic Has Moved!

We’ve moved. After 10 years of providing legal clinics at 2826 Bagley, SWIRC relocated to 1401 Vermont in Detroit. This lovely space was made available thanks to the Ford Fund and the Police Athletic League. Come find us at 1401 Vermont, Suite 201, Detroit, MI 48216

Celebrating Asylum

Dorcas Ngiva and her daughter Alifa from Angola won their asylum cases on February 5, 2024 in Detroit’s Immigration Court.

Workers detained in massive Tennessee raid sue ICE officers

It looks like this situation has a lot in common with a raid we know about which took place in North Ohio this past summer. Everything gets more complicated when criminal enforcement is conflated with immigration status. Workers detained in massive Tennessee raid sue ICE officers | NBC News

Congratulations to SWIRC attorney Genevieve Wilson!

This is Genevieve on Monday with her family after being sworn in as a member of the State Bar of Michigan by the Hon. Robert Colombo, chief judge of the Third Judicial Circuit Court in Detroit, Michigan. Genevieve has been a long time volunteer at our Southwest Detroit clinic and recently joined us on staff as the supervisor of our …

Client Stories – Melissa

“He just came and took him. I’m not the kind of mother to keep my son away from his father but he took advantage of that. They let him come back to me, up here in Michigan, but they changed their minds and are trying to take him from me. I’ve got court for custody next week, in Florida. I …