Immigration - The Border Project

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In 2014, Jones Day launched the Unaccompanied Children Project ("UAC") representing migrant minors and mothers with their children, many of whom were detained by the U.S. government after fleeing life-threatening, gender-based gang violence in their home countries. In early 2017, Jones Day opened a full-time, fully staffed office in Laredo, Texas to serve these clients, and that phase of the Border Initiative became known as the "Laredo Project."

In 2021, Jones Day expanded our work to serve migrant children, women, and families by opening a new office in the Rio Grande Valley. We call our newest phase of our work—The Border Project 3.0.

Jones Day has provided legal education to over 10,000 migrants, and has managed more than 600 individual cases for women, children, and families. Over 1,100 lawyers from every domestic office and Mexico City have dedicated more than 280,000 hours to these cases.

We continue to provide aid and support to vulnerable migrant populations. When dangerous circumstances in the Middle East and Africa resulted in waves of refugees in Lesvos, Greece, Jones Day deployed lawyers from the region to help ensure that the laws governing humanitarian relief are properly applied, particularly women and children. More than 20 lawyers have dedicated in excess of 2,800 hours to this project.

We also have welcomed the participation of dozens of in-house counsel from some of the Firm's corporate clients, who have joined us for a week at a time assisting refugees in Laredo. These clients have uniformly expressed great enthusiasm for the work we are doing. They have described their experience at Laredo as "the most rewarding personal experience of my professional career," and they commonly note the "astonishing" and "outstanding" commitment by Jones Day.

Since 2014, Jones Day lawyers have been representing migrants, primarily women and children, at the U.S.-Mexico border. With a full-time, fully staffed office in Laredo, Texas, the Firm is making a major commitment to defending the rule of law. Jones Day partners Laura Tuell, David Dimeglio, Nina Yadava, and retired partner Terry Murphy discuss this important legal work that provides access to justice and is helping to transform lives.

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