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Lauren Burke is the Executive Director of Atlas: DIY, Developing Immigrant Youth, and a public interest career counselor at NYU School of Law. Since graduating from NYU School
Lauren speaks at TEDxTeachersCollege
Advocates Struggle to Reach Immigrants Eligible for Deferred Action
Lauren Burke is the Executive Director of Atlas: DIY, Developing Immigrant Youth, and a public interest career counselor at NYU School of Law. Since graduating from NYU School
When Angy Rivera, an illegal immigrant, was a young girl in New York City, she was sexually abused by her mother’s boyfriend. He was eventually convicted and imprisoned, but only recently did Ms. Rivera...
Young Immigrants, Seeking Deferred Action Help, Find Unexpected Path
Lauren Listed in Forbes 30 under 30
The idea that any human being is illegal and unworthy of full protection of the rights of any country.
Immigration Policy Debut Brings Confusion
The threat of deportation is real – there is no such thing as a zero percent chance that it won’t happen.
- Lauren Burke, Immigration Attorney
"Everything was completely in a different place," Prisma says. "It was really nasty."
Prisma's story is similar to those of thousands of others left immediately homeless...
Post-Sandy Aid Inaccessible For Some Immigrants
Cecilio, 24, came to the United States from Mexico 11 years ago. He’s expecting to graduate from Borough of Manhattan Community College next year with an Associate’s Degree in liberal arts.
For Young Immigrants With a Past, A Fear of Falling Into Policy's Grey Area
The five-college tour included stops at Hampshire and Amherst Colleges on Saturday and is the first of its kind organized by Atlas DIY, according to director Lauren Burke, an immigration lawyer and adjunct professor of immigration law at Brooklyn College.
Children of undocumented immigrants get tour of Western Massachusetts colleges
Dressed in matching grey vest and pants, his black hair neatly spiked, 24-year-old Cecilio set out in the West Village on a recent afternoon to find a job.
Seeking Deferred Action, Young Immigrants With Blemished Records Give Pause
"Is there anything in your past I should know?" immigration lawyer Lauren Burke asked, when they sat down for the first time in September.
Haltingly, Rivera told her of the month she spent in foster care when she was 9.
Angy Rivera, Columnist For Undocumented Youth, May Find Citizenship Through Dark Past
Former Skadden Fellow specializing in child labor trafficking now executive director and co-founder of Atlas: DIY, Developing Immigrant Youth and supervising staff attorney at the New York Asian Women’s Center.
Lauren in Forbes 30 under 30: Law and Policy
難追美國夢 福州"人蛇"成現代"地下奴隸"
本報記者陳潤芝紐約報道：公元1619年，第一批年輕黑奴從非洲抵達北美，他們被分派至棉花園、甘蔗園勞役工作，直至合約期滿。 400年後，有組織的系統性人口販賣並未絕跡美國，這批新人蛇大部份從中國福州出發，其中一名14歲人蛇「茱麗葉」用了十天輾轉經過泰國、香港、台灣，最終成功被偷運至美國。 「茱麗葉」和其他非法童工被分派至餐廳洗碗、清潔，日夜被關在小房間中打工，以「地下奴隸」型式過了數年非人生活。
Adjunct Professor Lauren Burke Named to Forbes “30 Under 30” List
Burke created and teaches the Immigrant Youth Law Clinic where she shares her passion and advocacy with students both as classroom instructor and supervisor of interns. The clinic began almost overnight last summer in response to President Obama’s Executive Order allowing young adults to apply for immigration benefits.
Está el muchacho guatemalteco que llegó a Estados Unidos cuando tenía dos años junto a sus padres a través de México y la joven de Bangladesh que a los 14 ingresó con visa de turista y cuya familia nunca más se fue. También el que apenas tenía cinco cuando pasó los controles migratorios con un pasaporte falso conseguido por su tío en Haití y que no ha vuelto a Puerto Príncipe desde entonces.
Tan soñadora como los inmigrantes
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Fran Gau and Lauren Burke work with the New York Asian Women’s Center, which provides support, shelter services, legal aid, and other programming to women and children suffering from domestic violence and sexual assault inside the Asian community...
Human Trafficking: The New Abolitionists
Printer Friendly Version Public interest lawyers are generally a devoted group, but Lauren Burke ’09 displays a dedication far beyond the norm. After Hurricane Sandy hit, she convinced her roommates to share their Brooklyn apartment with an immigrant family of five whose home had been flooded. This act of generosity does not seem extreme to Burke, however.
A Dedicated Server
This 20-Something Lawyer Is Putting Herself Out Of Business And Wants You To Help
Printer Friendly Version Public interest lawyers are generally a devoted group, but Lauren Burke ’09 displays a dedication far beyond the norm. After Hurricane Sandy hit, she convinced her roommates to share their Brooklyn apartment with an immigrant family of five whose home had been flooded. This act of generosity does not seem extreme to Burke, however.
