Tuyet G. Duong is a Senior Staff Attorney for the Immigration and Immigrant Rights Program with the Asian American Justice Center (AAJC), where she advocates for Asian American immigrant families and individuals. Previously, Ms. Duong led AAJC’s language access and emergency preparedness program, advocating for Asian Americans impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
For two years, Ms. Duong was also an immigration staff attorney for Boat People SOS, Inc. (BPSOS) in Houston. Ms. Duong provided immigration legal assistance in citizenship cases, family-based sponsorship cases, and helped individuals attain legal permanent residence. She also conducted many workshops on assisting torture and human trafficking survivors for the Vietnamese community in Texas. Ms. Duong assisted in re-establishing the Houston Coalition Against Human Trafficking, and has expertise in domestic violence and human trafficking issues.
While in law school, she clerked at the Department of Justice Executive Office of Immigration Review in Los Angeles, California and at the Texas Civil Rights Project. She is a frequent speaker and trainer on immigration and language issues.
Ms. Duong is the Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of BPSOS, Inc., a national Vietnamese organization. Ms. Duong is a founding board member of the Vietnamese American Bar Association of Washington, D.C.
Ms. Duong holds a Juris Doctorate from the University of Texas Law School at Austin, Texas and Bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin. She was admitted to the Texas Bar in May 2005.
