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Post author:Jackie Kline
Post published:July 28, 2015
Post category:News

BY FRANCO ORDOÑEZ
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A former social worker told members of Congress on Tuesday that she witnessed rampant abuse and neglect while working at a family detention center in Karnes City, Texas.

Olivia López was among a panel of witnesses that included former detained mothers and mental health experts who shared upsetting accounts of life and work inside the detention centers, the stress of being locked up with their children and the potential long-term psychological impacts.

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Bridget Cambria is a graduate of the Roger Williams School of Law in Bristol, Rhode Island, receiving her Juris Doctorate in May 2006. She also carries a Bachelor’s degree in Criminology and Sociology from Albright College, in Reading, Pennsylvania. Bridget was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in May of 2007. She has since specialized in the area of Immigration Law.

From 2011 to 2014, Bridget served as a managing attorney for a city law firm developing relationships with the culturally diverse Philadelphia community and managing a robust and busy immigration practice spanning all areas of immigration law.

From 2007 through 2011, Bridget worked exclusively on immigration matters in the Law Office of George A. Pliakas, Esq. in Providence, Rhode Island, a law firm with over 40 years of specialization and success dealing with immigration matters. There she gained trust within immigrant communities and became dedicated to the plight of people struggling to keep their family together or those who wish to live, work or study in the United States.

Prior to entering law school, Ms. Cambria worked as a Shelter Care Counselor for the Berks County Residential Center in Reading, PA for those families and children detained by Immigration. Through this employment Ms. Cambria was able to work first-hand with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) providing daily care and attention to families and children who were apprehended by ICE. This experience offered her a unique perspective to those dealing with the immigration system and compassion for those families trapped in the difficult process of becoming legal residents and citizens of the United States.

Notably, Bridget was successful in setting an essential precedent in 2013. In the case of Matter of Zeleniak, 26 I&N Dec. 158 (BIA 2013), Bridget successfully argued that in the absence of DOMA, immigration law could not, and did not, prevent the legal right of same sex couples to petition for their spouses and to have same sex marriages legally recognized under Immigration laws. Attorney Cambria has experience advocating for clients before many Immigration Courts throughout the United States including Philadelphia, Newark, Baltimore, New York, Hartford, and Boston. Additionally, she has successfully represented people before the Board of Immigration Appeals and is a Board Member for the Literacy Council of Reading-Berks.

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