Staff Attorney /Senior Staff Attorney, Rapid Response

Organization General Description:

The Resurrection Project (TRP) builds trusting relationships to educate and propel individuals, immigrants, and families to achieve their social and economic aspirations, stable homes, and equitable participation in their community. TRP is a leading provider of affordable housing, financial education, and immigration services on Chicago’s Southwest Side.

During the past three decades TRP has worked to improve the lives of individuals and families by creating wealth, building assets, and engaging residents to catalysts for change. Rooted in the Pilsen community, TRP’s impact now extends across the City of Chicago and through the State of Illinois. We are making steady progress towards leveraging and preserving more than $1 billion in community wealth by 2025.

Department Description:

The goal of TRP’s Immigrant Justice Department is to provide opportunities for authentic local immigrant leadership, to offer holistic community-based immigration legal services, and to work in coalitions to expand access to legal representation.

General Job Description:

TRP seeks a passionate, collaborative, and innovative attorney to join our Immigrant Justice team to provide rapid response support to changes in immigration policy and priorities that impact our community members. The senior or staff attorney will collaborate with the State Director of Legal Defense as well as across TRP’s Immigrant Justice department to respond to immediate needs of TRP clients and community members, particularly in response to federal law enforcement actions leading to increased detention or other detrimental effects upon the community

Primary Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Represent detained clientsbefore EOIR on an emergency basis such as, but not limited to, filing motions to reopen, stays of removal.
• Representing detained clientsin federal districtcourt by filinghabeas petitions on emergency cases.
• Assist with triageof incoming detainedreferrals into the centralized referralsystem for screening and case placement internally and with external partners.
• On an as-needed, emergency basis, respondto ICE actions and other rapid response community needs, including quickly arrivingon site to observe, learn, take notes, and provide community guidanceduring ICE or other government agency interactions with the community.
• Work with StateDirector and IJ leadership to develop TRP responsesto ICE or government agencyactions against the community.
• Work with IJ team and communications team torespond to media inquiries with accurate and concise information.
• Represent TRP at city and statewide meetingsas instructed.
• Lead in materialand system development to quickly respond to urgent actions,including intakes, triaging, community-facing materials, and trainings.
• Keep current on changes in immigration law and procedures through research and training.

Special Working Conditions and Demands:

• • On-site work schedule: as needed, and no less than 3 days per week
  • Ability to quickly arrive on-site to respond to enforcement actions across Chicago
  • Willingness to work flexible hours as needed; some evenings and weekends required

Statement of Equal Opportunity:

The Resurrection Project is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation (including gender

identity), military status, disability, or language (any language use not related to job duties). In addition to federal law requirements, The Resurrection Project complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.

To Apply: Interested parties should send a cover letter and resume to trpjobs@resurrectionproject.org. No phone calls please.

• Medical HDHP, HMO, and PPO.
• Dental HMO and PPO
• Vision
• Life Insurance and ADD, Company Paid
• Short- and Long-Term Disability: Company Paid
• 403(B) retirement savings plans
• Flexible Spending account and Dependent care account
• Transit Benefit

• Juris Doctorate degree required. Familiarity with removal defense and experience handling removal cases strongly preferred. To be considered for Senior Staff Attorney, four or more years of immigration experience required.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish required.
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships and work effectively with people of diverse social, faith, economic and racial/ethnic backgrounds.
• Ability to succeed in a fast-paced community nonprofit.
• Excellent verbal, analytical, writing, and organization skills.
• Proficient knowledge of MS Officeand case management software.
• Highly motivated and demonstrated ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
• Strong attention to detail.