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Aditi Shah, a 2021-2022 Borchard Fellow in Law and Aging hosted by the ACLU National Prison Project, has written another blog post on access to legal counsel issues faced  by ICE detainees. In her posting, she addresses the impact of denial of counsel on older adults in immigration detention. She notes: 

The barriers to access to counsel in ICE detention facilities disproportionately affect vulnerable groups. Older adults (age 55+) in immigration detention are especially vulnerable to abuse and are more likely to have serious medical needs, and as a result, would especially benefit from legal advocacy. For example, in the past two years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, older adults in immigration detention have been among the most likely individuals for whom immigration detention was especially dangerous, and potentially a death sentence. Nineteen of the 41 people (approximately 46 percent) who have died in ICE custody since fiscal year 2018 were over the age of 50, a stark reminder of the vulnerability of older adults in detention.

Aditi Shah, a 2021-2022 Borchard Fellow working with the ACLU National Prison Project on issues concerning older immigrant detainees, was one of the authors of the recently published research report on barriers to access to counsel in ICE detention facilities. The report is available here: 

https://www.aclu.org/report/no-fighting-chance?redirect=nofightingchance.

Aditi was interviewed in a USA Today article covering the report, found here: 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/06/09/legal-rights-migrants-ice-detention-limited-tech-woes/7538769001/. 

Aditi Shah, a 2021-2022 Borchard Fellow working with the ACLU National Prison Project on detention of older immigrants, was one of the authors of a recent blog on ICE's detention oversight. The blog argues that current oversight is not sufficient or transparent and calls for an end to ICE's mass immigration detention machine.

The Albert and Elaine Borchard Foundation Board of Directors are delighted to announce the 2021-2022 Borchard Fellows in Law & Aging. They are Allie Kirchhoff Corrie, Aditi Shah, and Valencia Sherman-Greenup who will begin their fellowships in August and September. Congratulations!

Allie Kirchhoff Corrie will focus on "clutter" housing cases at Mobilization for Justice in New York City. Aditi Shah will work with the ACLU National Prison Project to assist older immigrants in detention facilities. Valencia Sherman-Greenup will work with Justice in Aging in their Washington, D.C. office on increasing access to Medicaid Home and Community Based Services with a focus on improving racial equity. 

Please join me in welcoming these three wonderful new advocates for older adults to our ranks as Borchard Fellows. Our current fellows--Will Breland, Annie Mullican, and Chris Phillips--are doing amazing work. They will continue as fellows through August.