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Reflections of a Pro Bono Staff Attorney for #UBLawResponds: Commitment to Puerto Rico’s Resilience

By Octavio Villegas, Staff Attorney for the University at Buffalo School of Law’s Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic I

By Alex Bakke, University at Buffalo PhD student in Spanish Literature & Language Upon arriving in Puerto Rico to join the

Octavio Villegas, University at Buffalo School of Law Class of 2015, has participated in every service-learning trip of the Puerto

As I am looking through the window, it’s snowing here in Buffalo, and I cannot but think how all the

It’s strange that the five days in Dilley felt both long and short at the same time. Long because we

In November 2018, President Trump warned the nation about a migrant caravan from Central America approaching the U.S.-Mexico border. Particularly,

It feels strange that our last day at the South Texas Family Residential Center is already upon us. All at

Here we are, on the eve of our last day in Dilley. We left the detention center at 8pm and

Day 3 at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas. After working with a great Spanish interpreter during

There is no doubt in my mind that we have a broken immigration system that is in dire need of