Northwest Immigrant Rights Project
Jorge L. Barón, Executive Director
The Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) is a national organization founded in 1984 that works to protect the rights of immigrants through public policy advocacy, community education and litigation. Jorge Barón is a lawyer advocating on behalf of immigrants and refugees. He has served as executive director of NWIRP since April 2008. The following is an excerpt from his testimony at the Sept. 26, 2019, hearing titled, “The Expansion and Troubling Use of ICE Detention,” held before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. …
