Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project
As Program Director of Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project, a Catholic Charities of Los Angeles program, Kimberley Plotnik, oversees all aspects of Esperanza’s work defending indigent immigrants facing removal from the United States. Kimberley oversees Esperanza’s community education programs, pro bono and legal representation programs.
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Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project
Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project, a program of Catholic Charities of Los Angeles, Inc., is a non-profit law firm which provides community education and legal representation to Southern California’s most vulnerable immigrant communities. Esperanza provides legal representation to immigrants who are in detention and/or removal proceedings, and focuses on particularly complex immigration cases which may involve unaccompanied minors, adults with mental health issues, and cases with past criminal or gang history. Esperanza also provides community education programming and pro se assistance to immigrants in removal proceedings both in detained and non-detained settings. Esperanza has proudly provided legal services to immigrants and their families in Los Angeles for over 15 years.