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The Political Asylum/ Immigration Representation Project (PAIR) is a nationally recognized pro bono model that works to secure safety and freedom for asylum-seekers who have fled from persecution throughout the world and to promote the rights of immigrants unjustly detained. PAIR provides hope and a new beginning to asylum-seekers, torture survivors and immigration detainees.

Founded in 1989, PAIR is the core provider of pro bono legal services to low-income asylum-seekers and immigration detainees in Massachusetts, and has over a 95% successful outcome in its cases. PAIR has provided direct legal services and consultations to more than 4,500 clients, and has trained and mentored over 1,100 volunteer lawyers in the state. PAIR pro bono attorneys donated over $5.8 million in legal services and expenses in 2008.