POLITICAL ASYLUM IMMIGRATION REPRESENTATION PROJECT INC
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Mission Statement
Formed in 1989, the Political Asylum/Immigration Representation (PAIR) Project provides free legal services to asylum-seekers and promotes the rights of detained immigrants.
About This Cause
Throughout our 28 years, PAIR has remained clear about its mission to serve indigent asylum seekers and immigration detainees by providing high-quality and reliable access to legal counsel without charge. PAIR continues to achieve its goals through two strong programs, the Pro Bono Asylum Program and the Detention Center Initiative, with 9 staff members, support from stellar Fellows and interns, and a panel of over 900 active volunteer attorneys, that PAIR staff train and closely mentor. PAIR does all of this on a tight annual operating budget. We have won numerous national and local awards. Dozens of Boston-area law firms work with PAIR on a volunteer basis to represent asylum-seekers and immigrants unjustly detained. In 2016, PAIR’s clients received over $9 million worth of donated legal services from law firms partnering on a volunteer basis with PAIR. With their help, PAIR has achieved an unparalleled success rate -- winning 95% of its asylum cases. We assist over 1,300 new clients a year. Each year, PAIR staff members train over 500 volunteer attorneys, recruit over 80 new volunteers, provide more than 50 legal education training sessions, and accept hundreds of detained and non-detained asylum seekers for representation. While PAIR serves large numbers of immigrant clients in need, we turn away roughly 40% of the non-detained cases screened, solely due to lack of resources (staff and financial resources).