Primary Department: Managed Assigned Counsel
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Porscha Brown
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Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Position
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Request by the Office of Managed Assigned Counsel for approval to create one Attorney V (Immigration Attorney) position, as well as a supplemental budget for the position, effective March 7, 2026.
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Background and Discussion:
This funding request is for an Immigration Attorney position to expand MACs immigration services and increases its ability to manage new immigration case referrals, provide representation, thorough support to MAC-Appointed Attorneys in particularly on time sensitive referral requests & advocacy for indigent-noncitizen clients. The Imm. Atty will provide legal advice to clients and written Padilla advisals to appointed attorneys on the immigration consequences of criminal convictions/dispositions for indigent noncitizens represented by MAC-AA to ensure compliance with their ethical obligations under the Supreme Court case Padilla v. Kentucky. The Imm Atty evaluates the circumstances related to potential conviction in the context of a clients specific immigration status which incl. but is not limited to whether a client would be deportable, able to return to the U.S. after travel abroad, eligible to obtain immigration status in the future, subject to mandatory detention if arrested by Immigration & Customs Enforcement, & eligible to naturalize in the future. The Imm. Atty may suggest alternative pleas that would reduce...
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