Immigration Resources

Community Resources

• Catholic Charities: Offers services such as Affordable Housing, Food & Nutrition, and Immigration & Refugee support to individuals regardless of their religion or nationality.
• Find a Service Organization Near You: Locate legal providers, social workers, community organizers, and more.
• HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society): Supports refugees and asylum seekers globally and advocates for their rights.
• Make the Road New York (MRNY): is a nonprofit organization focused on serving immigrant and working-class communities, offering ESOL and literacy classes, youth programs, health services, and legal representation in employment, immigration, housing, and benefits. Its immigration legal services include citizenship, asylum, deportation defense, and Know Your Rights training.

Know Your Rights

• Immigrants’ Rights: Learn about your guaranteed rights under U.S. law regardless of immigration status.
  • ACLU: Stay informed about your rights with the American Civil Liberties Union.
  • National Immigration Law Center: Understand your constitutional rights as an immigrant, no matter the administration.
  • New York Youth Leadership Council: Access printable “Know Your Rights” cards in multiple languages.
  • Know Your Rights Red Cards: Help individuals, regardless of immigration status, assert their constitutional rights and protect against violations, especially during encounters with ICE.
• DACA Resources: Visit the Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) for updates and information on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
• Beyond DACA: A directory of updated resources for undocumented students and individuals.
• Immigrant Legal Resource Center: Works to support immigrants and their communities.
• NYCLU Immigrant Rights: The NYCLU works to protect immigrant rights, fight unlawful detention, and advocate for family reunification.
• Warrants & Subpoenas: Learn what to do if you receive an immigration warrant or subpoena (provided by the National Immigration Law Center).

Legal Support

• CARECEN: Provides free and low-cost immigration legal services, community education, and social services to immigrants on Long Island.
• CUNY Citizenship Now! is the largest university-based legal assistance program in the nation, providing free and confidential citizenship and immigration law services at multiple locations throughout the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens.
• Hofstra University School of Law – Asylum Clinic: Offers asylum applicants legal representation by law students, with services including Adjustment of Status, asylum applications, employment authorization, and representation at removal hearings.
• Immigration Legal Services of Long Island: Non-profit organization offering deportation defense and immigration assistance.
• Immigration Law Help: Search a directory for free or low-cost immigration legal services nationwide.
• Justice for Our Neighbors (JFON) / Immigration Law & Justice New York (ILJ NY): A faith-driven ministry that provides immigrants with free legal services, education, and advocacy for various immigration issues.
• JUSTIA Lawyers: Nassau County Immigration Legal Aid & Pro Bono Services.
• LawHelpNY: Online tool helping New Yorkers locate free or low-cost legal services throughout New York State.
• The Legal Aid Society: Provides legal services for immigrants, including family reunification and deportation defense.
• Find an Immigration Lawyer: Resources on how to find a reliable immigration lawyer and avoid fraud, including the AILA Private Lawyer Search Tool, iAmerica Legal Services Search Tool, and the National Immigration Legal Services Directory.
• AILA Private Immigration Lawyer Search Tool: Find an immigration lawyer by state.
• iAmerica: Legal Services Search Tool: Find a reputable immigration attorney or legal services provider in your area by entering your zip code below.
• National Immigration Legal Services Directory: Search immigration legal services providers by state.
• The MinKwon Center for Community Action: Is an immigrant rights organization that provides free social and legal services, including immigration support, to the Korean American, Asian Pacific American (APA), and broader immigrant communities.
• UnLocal: is a nonprofit organization that provides direct immigration legal representation, community education, outreach, and advocacy for New York’s undocumented immigrants. Its services include Affirmative Practice, Removal Defense, Post-Order Defense, and the Queer Immigrant Justice Project (QIJP), which represents LGBTQIA+ immigrants.
• Safe Horizon: Is a victim assistance organization with programs across New York City, and its Immigration Law Project (ILP) provides free or low-cost immigration legal services to immigrant survivors of crime, torture, or abuse.
• Safe Passage Project: A nonprofit immigration legal services organization that provides free lawyers to refugee and immigrant children in the NYC area and Long Island who are facing deportation.