Nicole Morgan Email & Phone Number

United States

San Antonio, Texas Metropolitan Area

• Serve as the RAICES liaison and participate in weekly and bi-weekly meetings with various coalition partners, community partners, and stakeholders regarding various issues affecting immigrants such as Migrant Protection Protocol (MPP), Operation Lone Star (OLS), Title 42 (T42), detention, and ICE release programs• Collaborate with coalition partners including working groups to strategically plan for coordinated actions in the forms of public advocacy, legislative advocacy, and legal strategies to combat the various issues adversely affecting the immigration community• Coordinate and collaborate with legal leadership, communications, and advocacy departments on multiple special projects • Review and edit the advocacy and communications departments’ strategic messaging plans involving immigration detention and Black immigrants.

San Antonio, Texas Metropolitan Area

• Conducted on the ground inspections of Pecos Emergency Intake Shelter (EIS) facility• Conducted interviews and intakes with unaccompanied minors (UAC) to screen for Flores violations and detention conditions • Provided legal determinations of possible deportation relief available for UACs at the Carrizo Springs (EIS) facility • Collaborated with the advocacy and communications team and the attorney team on potential advocacy campaigns about living conditions at the Pecos (EIS) facility • Provided legal information to UACs regarding the US immigration system, asylum, aging-out of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) system• Drafted email correspondence to on-site case management and ORR to advocate on the behalf of UACs regarding detention conditions, medical treatment, and release issues

San Antonio, Texas Metropolitan Area

• Served as the lead attorney on the appellate brief team for detained client detained in Laredo Detention Center• Second chaired in an asylum individual hearing • Maintained heavy caseload of detained pre-removal clients• Conducted legal research and relevant country conditions for immigration judge review hearings• Drafted pleadings, trial brief, appellate brief, Notices of Appeal, and asylum cases before the EOIR Immigration Court and the Board of Immigration Appeals• Prepared expert witnesses for individual hearing testimony; reviewed expert witnesses’ declarations.• Coordinated with expert witnesses, legal volunteers, and staff in preparation for the client’s individual hearing• Advocated for proper medical and dietary conditions for a Muslim client in detention with ICE • Prepared I-589, Application for Asylum for detained client • Prepared and conducted training presentations regarding immigration law and related issues to unit staff• Drafted advocacy and litigation declarations• Served as a panelist on a Facebook Live presentation regarding Juneteenth and the current treatment of Black migrants.

San Antonio, Texas Area

• Supervised legal assistants at the Karnes County Family Detention Center and South Texas (Pearsall) Detention Center• Conducted new client intake screening of claims and Know Your Rights presentations • Prepared clients for immigration judge review proceedings• Represented detained pre-removal clients in Immigration Court • Managed a heavy caseload and maintained close client relations• Gathered and analyzed research data, such as statutes, decisions, legal articles, and other related matters for defensive asylum/withholding including Convention Against Torture for expedited removal cases• Represented detained client in custody redetermination (bond) hearings conducted by immigration judges• Represented and advocated clients’ interests to ICE and DHS related to clients’ rights in detention• Drafted request for reconsiderations to the Houston Asylum Office • Drafted client declarations for litigation and advocacy purposes • Collaborated with colleagues and supervising attorneys regarding case issues and development of necessary legal strategies• Coordinated with division advocacy team and supervisors in the development of client advocacy plan • Participated in interviews with news reporters regarding issues with immigration detention conditions

Alexandria, Louisiana

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Doctor Of Law (J.D.)

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Spanish, 3.8

Bachelor'S Degree In Spanish

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science And Government