Philip Issa will be representing detained non-citizens as a Justice Fellow at the Legal Aid Service of Broward County. Philip is dedicated to the cause of universal representation in the immigration system. He previously clerked at the Immigrants’ Rights Center at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Los Angeles. As a clerk at the Office of the Federal Defender in Sacramento, Philip fought the Trump administration’s efforts to vilify Muslim immigrants and refugees through his casework in support of two Iraqi-born clients trapped in politically-motivated extradition proceedings. Philip was previously a correspondent for the Associated Press, with stories from Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq.
