New Program to Help Refugees in Prince George’s County

MLAW Students Will Earn Credit While Providing Services to People From Afghanistan, Haiti, Central America

by Rachael Grahame

A University of Maryland student trip last year to observe and learn from the struggles of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border sprouted this fall into a program to actively help refugees living in Prince George’s County.

Robert Koulish, Joel J. Feller research professor and director of the undergraduate MLAW Programs, realized as his immigration law students were meeting with migrants and advocates in southern Texas last January that the Rio Grande Valley was just a stop-off point for many people who would soon be headed to the Washington, D.C. region.

“I thought, this doesn’t have to end when the trip ends—when I get back up to College Park, I’m going to create an experiential learning component so MLAW can reach out into the community like it never has before,” Koulish said.

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