United Airlines FINANCES Travel for Attorneys for Illegal Aliens

The next time you fly on United Airlines, know that part of your fee goes to support of illegal aliens, their attorneys and the violation of Federal immigration laws.

“In an effort to fill the gap, OneJustice and the California Rural Legal Assistance are partnering to host two free legal clinics next month in San Luis Obispo County—one focused on expunging criminal records, the other on immigration assistance.

The expungement clinic will take place on Friday, Feb. 7, from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., in the SLO Library Community Room. The immigration clinic is slated for Saturday, Feb. 8, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., in Paso Robles Community Church.

Clinic participants will benefit from one-on-one consultations with private attorneys, who will be flown in from San Francisco and Los Angeles free of charge courtesy of United Airlines.

American corporations are making sure criminals from foreign countries get support.  I wonder if United Airlines gave free transportation to the family of Kate Steinle or the other victims of illegal aliens.

Learn your rights: Free expungement and immigration legal clinics to be held Feb. 7 to 8 

By Peter Johnson , News Times SLO,  1/23/20 

The Central Coast is what some social service experts call “a justice desert”—meaning, it has a shortage of pro bono lawyers and legal aid nonprofits to help low-income citizens navigate the justice system.

“There’s already a shortage throughout California,” explained Sharon Bashan, the pro bono justice program director at OneJustice, a nonprofit that consults with legal aid organizations statewide. “But then you have these justice deserts. We just realize there’s a high need.”

In an effort to fill the gap, OneJustice and the California Rural Legal Assistance are partnering to host two free legal clinics next month in San Luis Obispo County—one focused on expunging criminal records, the other on immigration assistance.

The expungement clinic will take place on Friday, Feb. 7, from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., in the SLO Library Community Room. The immigration clinic is slated for Saturday, Feb. 8, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., in Paso Robles Community Church.

Clinic participants will benefit from one-on-one consultations with private attorneys, who will be flown in from San Francisco and Los Angeles free of charge courtesy of United Airlines.

“All these attorneys are donating their time,” Bashan said. “We train them ahead of time.”

GET HELP Two free, local legal clinics are offered on Feb. 7 and 8—one focused on expunging criminal records, the other on immigration assistance.

Bashan said that the expungement clinics help people convicted of “non-serious, non-violent felonies” fill out the necessary paperwork to clear their records. Expungement can be a complicated legal process and unfriendly to the layperson, Bashan said.

“A lot of what we’re seeing is very old convictions, and folks who have rebuilt their lives and are trying to get a clean slate so they can provide for their families, remove the barriers to getting jobs,” she said. “They desperately want a chance at upward mobility.”

The immigration clinic will offer similar one-on-one assistance—on anything from naturalization applications, to DACA renewals, to immigration screenings, to general advice.

“What we’re trying to do is provide legitimate and high-quality legal services within the confines of a clinic,” Bashan said.

Bashan noted that immigrants are often subject to scams where people pretending to be qualified immigration attorneys steal their money—it’s called notario fraud.

“It’s problematic,” she said. “You have these people who have escaped really harrowing situations in their home country, and these bad actors promise them the world. They take their money and put them in situations where they could potentially get deported.”