VIISTA - Villanova Interdisciplinary Immigration Studies Training for Advocates

A 100% online, interdisciplinary, professional education course (non-credit), VIISTA is a program that trains students to become immigrant advocates ready to serve migrants and refugees.

DID YOU KNOW?

Unlike criminal proceedings in which defendants have constitutional rights to representation, in the United States, migrants are not entitled to court appointed lawyers. Six out of 10 migrants confront the immigration system without a lawyer, and many of these migrants are children. The consequences of this are substantial. The Vera Institute found that migrants are 12 times more likely to obtain available relief when they have an advocate.