Webinar: How to Support Asylum Seeker and Asylee Clients During the Current Crisis

Panelists Anam Rahman, Ben Levey, and Courtney Madsen, will review the myriad of challenges asylum seekers and asylees currently face, from the Trump Administration’s drastic changes to asylum in the United States, to the mass layoffs that occurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Panelists will offer solutions where possible, providing guidance on submitting comments on the Trump administration’s most recent proposed Asylum rule, sharing best practices for helping clients access social services and support during these difficult times, and discussing how to help clients navigate the uncertainty we are all facing.

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About the Presenters

Ben Levey (Asylee Outreach Specialist, HIAS) manages the Maryland Asylee Outreach Project, an effort to help asylees in Maryland access the benefits and services to which they are entitled. The Asylee Outreach Project is funded by the Maryland Office for Refugees and Asylees. Under the auspices of the project, Ben designed asyleeoutreach.org, a multi-language website aimed at helping asylees, attorneys, and other advocates learn more about the benefits available to asylees. Ben also serves as the current Chair for RCUSA’s Asylum Services Working Group, working closely with colleagues nationwide to help facilitate the integration of asylum seekers and asylees. Prior to joining HIAS, Ben completed a teaching fellowship through Princeton in Asia. Ben graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Northwestern University and was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is committed to working toward collective liberation, and he speaks Spanish and is conversant in Thai.

Courtney Madsen started working in refugee resettlement in 2007. She has worked both in local resettlement offices and in the national program offices to assist refugee and asylees from around the world who have come to the United States seeking safety in a new community. She has a MA in International Studies – Middle East from the University of Washington in Seattle, and currently serves as the office director for the Church World Service Jersey City resettlement office.

Anam Rahman is a partner at the law firm Calderón Seguin PLC located in Fairfax, Virginia. Her immigration practice covers a broad array of matters including nonimmigrant and immigrant visas, family-sponsored petitions, waivers of inadmissibility, asylum, humanitarian relief, and all forms of relief from removal. Anam specializes in asylum and removal defense, including direct representation of detained individuals, and regularly appears before the Arlington and Baltimore Immigration Courts. She also represents clients in seeking affirmative forms of relief as well as appellate and federal work before the Board of Immigration Appeals, Administrative Appeals Office, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Additionally, Anam is an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown Law School, teaching the Women and Immigration Fieldwork Practicum, and a Board Member of AsylumWorks. She received her law degree from The George Washington University Law School and her bachelor’s degree magna cum laude from The George Washington University.

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