Center for Family Representation opens Staten Island office with 80%+ success rate
CFR's Staten Island office ribbon cutting event was covered by the Staten Island Advance.
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News
NYC bill would allow individuals to sue for violations of sanctuary laws
CFR Senior Immigration Staff Attorney Medha Venugopal was quoted in a Gothamist piece about how immigrants unlawfully detained by law enforcement and jail officers in violation of New York City’s sanctuary laws would be allowed to sue the city government under a new City Council bill.
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CFR Named a “Top Workplace” by City & State New York
CFR has been featured on City & State New York's list of top workplaces for 2025. The list features 51 of the best places to work in the world of NY politics and policy, including governmental, nonprofit and for-profit organizations.
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Op-Ed: This Administration Is Targeting Parents’ Due Process Rights and Children’s Welfare
An op-ed by Zoe Schonfeld and Medha Venugopal from CFR's immigration team was published in the New York Law Journal.
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Reporters can move child welfare coverage beyond tragedy
Child welfare is a $10B federal system with local impacts. Reporters should treat it as a beat, not an afterthought, writes Steve Volk for Poynter.
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Summer Public Interest Fellow Advances Justice
Sophia Francisco, a St. John's Law student, was spotlighted by the university for her Summer Public Interest Fellowship at CFR.
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Losing Your Language Through Foster Care
Emily Wall, CFR's Attorney in Charge of Appeals, was interviewed by Documented about how the lack of Asian foster parents makes family reunification harder to reach for Asian families.
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Tehra Coles: 2025 Nonprofit Trailblazer
CFR Executive Director Tehra Coles was named a 2025 Nonprofit Trailblazer by City & State New York.
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CFR Presented with a $4,609 Grant
"Funding from the New York Bar Foundation will help enable CFR to provide free and specialized attorney, social work, and paralegal assistance to these non-citizen parents so their families can remain intact."
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Common Terms We Use
Learn more about the common terms we use at CFR and why we choose to use certain language like the family policing system instead of the child welfare system in order to accurately reflect the reality that thousands of Black and Brown families experience every day.
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