Our legal aid organization has been getting overwhelmed with asylum cases and my co-director wants to focus on the 'winnable' cases while I think we need to serve everyone who comes to us, and we're burning out our staff while fighting about who deserves help. We've stopped having honest conversations about capacity because it always turns into a fight about values.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two leaders are discovering that their shared commitment to justice doesn't automatically resolve the tension between idealistic service and sustainable operations.
“Where Are You with Refugee and immigration justice?”
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