Title: Texas RioGrande Legal Aid - Wikipedia
Headings: Texas RioGrande Legal Aid
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid
Contents
History of TRLA
Practice Areas
Office Locations
Projects
Major Litigation
Against FEMA
The Border Wall
Defending the Mothers of Eldorado
Getting Legal Help
Sources
References

Content: According to the lawsuit, FEMA was prohibiting TRLA attorneys from being at their Disaster Recovery Centers to help victims of the summer floods. TRLA claimed that this action was unjustified, a change from previous policy, violated freedom of speech, and violated victims' rights to legal representation. Judge Sam Sparks ordered the organizations to meet and resolve the matter privately, wherein FEMA dropped its restrictions. In the aftermath of the fires that covered California in late October, volunteer lawyers used the regulations in the new ABA-FEMA agreement to secure the same rights to helping fire victims secure legal help. This was the second time that TRLA had sued FEMA. In November 2008, TRLA sued FEMA for a third time for discriminating against low-income victims of Hurricane Dolly when giving out aid. In May 2009 a judge agreed with TRLA and ordered FEMA to define how it determines who gets aid after a disaster. The Border Wall
Also in December, TRLA began providing legal advice to border residents affected by the construction of a wall along the Texas- Mexico border. TRLA's focus was to ensure that property owners were informed of their legal rights and did not feel intimidated or pressured to comply with government requests. Defending the Mothers of Eldorado
In 2008, TRLA began representing 48 mothers of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS)in the massive custody proceedings that resulted from a raid of the YFZ Ranch in Eldorado, Texas.