Texas Civil Rights Project
Mimi Franke Marziani, BA’04, Serving the Vulnerable
Sep. 6, 2018—It was mid-May when Mimi Franke Marziani, president of the Texas Civil Rights Project, noticed a troubling trend along the Texas–Mexico border: Central American migrants seeking asylum were being separated from their children and subsequently charged with illegal entry into the country. “We sprang into action,” says Marziani, who has led the Austin-based organization since...