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October 29, 2021

Lisa Brodyaga, Beloved and Pioneering Immigrant Rights Lawyer, Dies at 80
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Lisa Brodyaga, pioneering lawyer and fierce defender of immigrant
rights, has died at the age of 80. Brodyaga founded the first pro bono
law office to represent refugees in U.S. immigration prisons. In the
1980s, she spearheaded efforts to defend thousands of Central American
asylum seekers in the U.S., many of whom fled repressive and brutal
U.S.-backed regimes. In recent years she fought for legal protection of
children being held in cages near the border under the Trump
administration. In 1986, Brodyaga founded the Refugio del Río Grande in
South Texas, a safe community for refugees from around the world. She
passed away at her home at the Refugio on Thursday. 


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