 CARECEN's "No Human Being Is Illegal" National Campaign. |
1988 CARECEN wins a significant victory in the case of Orantes-Hernandez v. Meese, a lawsuit on behalf of all Salvadorans detained by the INS that ensures full due process rights to refugees and other immigrants while in detention and the right to seek legal counsel. CARECEN maintains more than 500 open asylum cases and prevails in nearly 70% of all cases adjudicated, a remarkable achievement given the INS’s record of denying more than 97% of Salvadoran and Guatemalan applications for asylum. CARECEN attorneys and others actively educate judges presiding over immigration cases (in the courts) regarding asylum cases and the overall success rate rises to a decent 70%. CARECEN and CRECEN begin supporting the rights of street-vendors and day laborers, two groups of workers that have recently sprung up in large number in Los Angeles. CARECEN and CRECEN assist street-vendors to form the Street Vendors Association. CARECEN launches the "Ningun Ser Humano es Illegal" or "No Human Being is Illegal" Campaign expanding the struggle for human rights and just living conditions for all undocumented Salvadorans. Salvadorans in the United States demand that the US government stop deportations, and guarantee Salvadorans the right to work here. Salvadorans in El Salvador demand the right to live in their birth place and a halt to military operations. |