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EXHIBIT 2 <br />EXHIBIT A <br />Program Operation Plan <br />1) Describe, generally, your organization's qualifications as outlined in the Evaluation Criteria <br />above. In particular, please detail your organization's experience representing immigrants in removal <br />proceedings for the last three years. List in the table below the number of Section 240 detained and <br />non -detained removal cases for which your organization undertook representation in each of 2017, <br />2018, and 2019 years and the court locations where those cases were pending at the inception of <br />representation. <br />Immigrant Defenders Law Center (ImmDef) is a next -generation social justice law firm that defends our <br />immigrant communities against injustices in the legal system. We envision a future where no immigrant <br />will be forced to face immigration court alone. Our programs are a first step towards the long-term goal <br />of providing universal representation to all immigrants facing deportation. Our organization was <br />founded in 2015 by a group of experienced public interest immigration lawyers and our rapid growth is a <br />testament to the need for our services in the communities we serve. Since our humble beginnings in our <br />founders' living rooms, our team has grown from a handful of attorneys to more than 80 dedicated staff <br />members. We have expanded our office locations to respond to the needs of our clients and currently <br />have offices in Los Angeles, Adelanto, Riverside, Santa Ana, and San Diego. ImmDef is the largest non- <br />profit, pro bono provider of deportation defense in California. With a 2019 annual budget of $6.5 <br />million, ourteam provides full-scale deportation defense and legal education classes to approximately <br />2600 adults and children in Southern California annually. <br />Our programs include a Children's Representation Project for unaccompanied children, refugees, and <br />foster youth; a Detained Youth Empowerment Project that provides classes, legal screenings, and <br />representation to children detained by the government in youth shelters; Family Unity Project reuniting <br />and providing comprehensive legal services to families who were separated as a result of the 2018 Zero <br />Tolerance Policy or other ICE enforcement actions, Post -Conviction Relief Program where we challenge <br />unlawful criminal convictions for immigrants facing deportation, a Litigation & Advocacy Team launched <br />in 2019 to expand our appellate advocacy and participation in strategic litigation to dismantle the <br />system that seeks to deport our clients; targeted Local Justice Fund Programs in the Long Beach, Santa <br />Ana, Los Angeles, and Inland Empire areas that protect our communities and families against aggressive <br />ICE enforcement; our National Qualified Representatives Project that serves immigrants with mental <br />health disabilities to ensure due process and fairness in their immigration court proceedings, and finally <br />our Cross -Border Initiative where we advocate daily for the human rights of asylum -seekers who have <br />been forced back into Mexico as part of the cruel Migrant Persecution Protocols program. <br />The numbers in the following table represent new cases accepted for each of the past three calendar <br />years. In 2019 we represented 234 Detained cases, and 237 Non -Detained cases. <br />2017 <br />Court Detained <br />LA Court _ 28 <br />Adelanto 102 <br />Non -Detained <br />274 <br />251-21 <br />