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Lee Gelernt*
Judy Rabinovitz*
Anand Balakrishnan*
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES
UNION FOUNDATION
125 Broad St., 18th Floor
New York, NY 10004
T: (212) 549-2660
F: (212) 549-2654
lgelernt@aclu.org
jrabinovitz@aclu.org
abalakrishnan@aclu.org
Attorneys for Petitioners-Plaintiffs
*Admitted Pro Hac Vice

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Bardis Vakili (SBN 247783)
ACLU FOUNDATION OF SAN
DIEGO & IMPERIAL COUNTIES
P.O. Box 87131
San Diego, CA 92138-7131
T: (619) 398-4485
F: (619) 232-0036
bvakili@aclusandiego.org
Stephen B. Kang (SBN 292280)
Spencer E. Amdur (SBN 320069)
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES
UNION FOUNDATION
39 Drumm Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
T: (415) 343-1198
F: (415) 395-0950
skang@aclu.org
samdur@aclu.org

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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Petitioners-Plaintiffs,
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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Respondents-Defendants.

Case No. 18-cv-00428-DMS-MDD
DECLARATION OF MICHELLE
BRANÉ AND JENNIFER
PODKUL
CLASS ACTION

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We, Michelle Brané and Jennifer Podkul, make the following declaration based

on our personal knowledge and declare under the penalty of perjury pursuant to 28
U.S.C. § 1746 that the following is true and correct:
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Michelle Brané is an attorney and the Director of the Migrant Rights and Justice

Program at the Women’s Refugee Commission (“WRC”). She has previously
submitted three declarations in this case.
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Jennifer Podkul is an attorney and the Director of Policy at Kids In Need of

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Defense (“KIND”). She has previously submitted two declarations in this case.
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We have read the Plaintiffs’ submission in the joint statement of issues

regarding reunification procedures for children who have been separated from their
parents.
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We believe that the Plaintiffs’ procedures for reunification adequately protect

child welfare in the unique context of this case, where children were forcibly taken
from fit parents and must now be returned. We also believe that the Plaintiffs’
procedures are consistent with the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act
(“TVPRA”).

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We declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct, based

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on our personal knowledge.

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