{"id":59509,"date":"2025-11-21T16:58:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T16:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/59509\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T16:58:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T16:58:13","slug":"estrella-del-paso-awarded-7500-grant-to-aid-immigrant-legal-access-in-el-paso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/59509\/","title":{"rendered":"Estrella del Paso awarded $7,500 grant to aid immigrant legal access in El Paso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 Estrella del Paso has been awarded a $7,500 grant from the Texas Bar Foundation to support its Rights and Relief Legal Support Program. <\/p>\n<p>This initiative aims to advance justice for low-income and disadvantaged immigrant communities in El Paso by expanding Know-Your-Rights outreach and offering pro se assistance to individuals navigating the complex immigration system. <\/p>\n<p>The program provides workshops, community presentations, and guided support for those representing themselves in immigration court.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This generous support from the Texas Bar Foundation will allow Estrella del Paso to reach more families who often face complex legal challenges without access to reliable guidance,&#8221; said Melissa M. Lopez, executive director of Estrella del Paso. &#8220;Our community continues to experience significant barriers to justice. This grant will help us provide education, clarity, and hope to those who need it most.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Since its inception in 1965, the Texas Bar Foundation has awarded more than $30 million in grants to law-related programs. <\/p>\n<p>Supported by members of the State Bar of Texas, it is the nation&#8217;s largest charitably funded bar foundation.<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/news\/local\/chihuahuas-and-locomotive-fc-launch-holiday-food-drive-to-aid-families\/src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chihuahuas and Locomotive FC launch holiday food drive to aid families<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up<\/a> to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 Estrella del Paso has been awarded a $7,500 grant from the Texas Bar&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-59509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}