taylor levy

Taylor Levy is an immigration attorney and consultant dedicated to protecting the rights of asylum-seekers at the southern border. Currently, she engages in high-level training and consulting with national immigrant rights and legal organizations, actively contributes to and shapes vital coalition spaces, speaks to the press, works on emergency cases, and trains other lawyers. Taylor is widely recognized as the go-to person for any questions about the southern border and asylum-seekers. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, MSNBC, CBS, and ProPublica. Taylor operates independently, relying on private donations to maintain flexibility & independence in responding to emergent developments.

Taylor previously worked at Annunciation House and Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center before starting her own firm in 2019. She notably focused on family detention, coordinated a pro bono project that reunited hundreds of parents separated during the “zero tolerance” period, and assisted thousands trapped first in "Remain in Mexico" and later under the "Title 42" COVID-era border restrictions.

In June 2021, the State Bar of Texas Immigration & Nationality Law Section awarded Taylor the Trailblazer of the Year Award. The American Immigration Lawyers Association honored her with the 2020 Arthur C. Helton Human Rights Award. Taylor also received the Recent Alumni Award from Mitchell Hamline School of Law in August 2019, where she later served as an adjunct professor, and the Liberty Bell Award from the El Paso Young Lawyers’ Association in May 2019. She holds a J.D. from Mitchell Hamline School of Law, an M.A. from the University of Texas at El Paso, and a B.A. from the University of Colorado.