Author: Evangeline M. Chan

Evangeline M. Chan, Director of the Immigration Law Project at Safe Horizon, has over fifteen years of experience practicing immigration and nationality law, with a focus on humanitarian-based benefits for survivors of violence and abuse, including intimate partner and gender-based violence, trafficking and torture. She has handled hundreds of applications for U/T visas, asylum, Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) status and Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) self-petitions and defended clients in removal proceedings. She also leads the agency's immigration policy advocacy at the local, state and federal level as well as its strategic litigation projects. Evangeline currently serves as a national spokesperson for the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and vice-chairs its Media Advocacy Committee.