Immigrant Legal Resource Center
The Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC), founded
in 1979, offers a variety of legal information and resources
to non-profit professionals, pro bono attorneys and
newcomers across the country.
These services include:
•
On site technical assistance Policy advocacy
with the INS
• Daily phone,
e-mail & fax assistance Training & seminars
• Policy and
legal analysis Manuals and other publications
• E-mail list
serves Media outreach
• Litigation
support on select cases Grassroots capacity building
The ILRC is a bridge between attorney and paraprofessional
advocates who represent newcomers and the complicated
and specialized legal issues that challenge their clients.
The ILRC is a national expert on a wide range of issue
areas, including:
•
Family-based immigration visas and adjustment
of status
• Family unity
policy
• Naturalization
and citizenship
• Political
asylum
• Nicaraguan
and Central American Relief Act
• Deportation
and inadmissibility
• Cancellation
of removal
• Waivers of
the grounds of inadmissibility and deportation
• Immigration
relief for abused immigrant women and children, including
the Violence Against Women Act and Special Immigrant
Juvenile Status
• Immigration
consequences of criminal convictions
• Customer
service reform of the INS
• Immigration
consultant fraud committed against newcomers
Going beyond its role as a traditional resource center,
the ILRC is committed to helping newcomers develop civic
participation and leadership skills. This area of effort
includes:
•
Training community based agencies to develop
the leadership potential of their immigrant clients
as a way to strengthen capacity.
• Educating
newcomers of all ages about citizenship, democratic
government, civic participation, media outreach and
other social change tactics.
• Partnering
with activists and organizers and offering legal consultations
and referrals at community meetings.
• Providing
legal and policy analysis on immigration issues and
organizational support for immigrant-led grassroots
groups.
Contact:
Immigrant Legal Resource Center
1663 Mission Street, Suite 602
San Francisco, CA 94103
Tel (415) 255-9499
Fax (415) 255-9792
www.ilrc.org
www.ilrc.org/links.html
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