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<h5><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">Dear Friend,</span></strong></h5>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">In these difficult times, I hope you and your family are staying safe.    </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: medium;"> </span>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">Amid the COVID-19 crisis, Casa Cornelia’s dedicated lawyers, legal assistants, volunteer attorneys, interpreters and translators continue to meet the needs of vulnerable children, families, and asylum seekers in need of pro bono legal counsel.   </span>

<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">With the fear and stress they face, these at-risk populations rely on us for guidance, information and legal advocacy.  Most remain in precarious circumstances with cases yet to be resolved.  <u>Their realities are now exacerbated by the COVID-19 health crisis due to their ongoing detention, trauma and indigency</u>.  </span>
<h5><strong>Casa Cornelia continues to meet the need by</strong></h5>
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 	<li><span style="color: #a52a2a;">p</span><span><span style="color: #a52a2a;">roviding legal representation in court hearings and filings</span> </span>to ensure that these unshielded populations' rights are protected,</li>
 	<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #a52a2a;">communicating with victims of domestic violence</span> to provide</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: medium;"> them with crucial updates and social service referrals, and </span></li>
 	<li><span style="color: #a52a2a;">issuing critical legal response</span> while working remotely to comply with national, state and local safety orders.</li>
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I am deeply grateful to our diligent staff and volunteers as well as our generous benefactors who continue to make this work possible.

<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">Thank you for your friendship and continued belief in our mission of Justice with Compassion.</span>

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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: medium;">With every best wish and prayer,</span>

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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><em><span style="font-size: medium;">Carmen M. Chavez, Esq.</span></em>
<span style="font-size: medium;">Executive Director</span></span>

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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">p.s. </span></span><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Georgia, serif;">If you would like to support the continuation of pro bono legal programs for children, victims of domestic violence and adult asylum seekers, <a href="https://cts.vresp.com/c/?CasaCorneliaLawCente/2ba3079697/TEST/dc8b0d54cc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://cts.vresp.com/c/?CasaCorneliaLawCente/2ba3079697/TEST/dc8b0d54cc&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1585843638443000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH5gh1WJlA9MO1bqi7yhB-5gVcSBw">please donate here</a>.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">
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