American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
Mission: Promote justice, advocate for fair and reasonable immigration law and policy, advance the quality of immigration and nationality law and practice, and enhance the professional development of AILA members.
Find an Immigration Lawyer: https://ailalawyer.com/
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Building One Community (Stamford)
Building One Community's (B1C) mission is to advance the successful integration of immigrants and their families.
Legal Services: https://b1c.org/legal/
Community Resources: https://b1c.org/community-resources/
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Brazilian Immigrant Center
The Boston-based Brazilian Worker Center (BWC), supports immigrants in defending and advancing their labor and immigrant rights. The BWC is known as a reputable, engaged organization that represents, supports, and organizes the Brazilian and wider immigrant community to defend and advocate for their rights, as workers and immigrant residents of the state and nation.
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Catholic Charities Immigration Services
https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/what-we-do/immigration-services/
Catholic Charities has agencies in Hartford, Bridgeport, and Norwich, Connecticut, as well as around the United States. Their ministry to vulnerable people on the move is a cornerstone of their identity. Catholic Charities immigration services support the federal government’s right and duty to regulate our borders while also calling for bipartisan, effective, humane reforms to our country’s broken immigration system.
Nearest agency locator: https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/about-us/find-a-local-agency/
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Center for Children’s Advocacy
The Center for Children’s Advocacy is a nonprofit law firm which fights for the legal rights of Connecticut’s most vulnerable children. The Center for Children’s Advocacy helps at-risk children avoid deportation to a dangerous environment and helps traumatized children get the support they need to learn English and succeed in school.
Immigrant Children’s Justice Project: https://cca-ct.org/our-work/immigration/
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Center for Latino Progress
The Center for Latino Progress is the only Latino serving organization in the state of Connecticut recognized by the U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) Office of Legal Access Programs (OLAP) to provide legal, linguistically, and culturally competent services, to the growing legal permanent resident population in the area. The Center has an EOIR / OLAP Accredited Representative / legal immigration expert to serve the immigrant community.
The website is available in English and Spanish.
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CT Institute for Refugees and Immigrants (CIRI)
CIRI provides a compassionate array of high-quality legal, social, and educational programming for refugees, immigrants, and survivors of human trafficking and torture. For general questions about our Immigration Legal Services, citizenship preparation classes or to inquire about coordinating a presentation or training, please email immigration@cirict.org or contact the nearest Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants’ office.
Immigration Resources
CIRIS’s Immigration Legal Services Program provides affordable legal assistance to immigrants and their families. Established in 1918, the agency is the only statewide nonprofit agency recognized by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and primarily services lower income individuals. Program staff, comprised of attorneys and DOJ Accredited Legal Representatives, are committed not only to providing immigration counseling and representation, but also to empowering individuals so that they understand the immigration law and their rights under the law.
To schedule an appointment, contact one of the offices below:
Bridgeport Office: 670 Clinton Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06605; 203-336-0141
Hartford Office: 75 Charter Oak Avenue, Suit 2-180, Hartford, CT 06106; 860-692-3085
New Haven Office: 1440 Whalley Avenue, 2nd Floor, New Haven, CT 06515; 203-336-0141
Stamford Office: 34 Woodland Avenue, Stamford, CT 06902; 203-965-7190
Waterbury Office: 233 Mill Street 3rd Floor (Riba Aspira Building), Waterbury, CT 06706; 203-754-6172 Ext 102
Immigration Legal Services provides assistance in a broad range of immigration cases through its offices in Stamford, Bridgeport, Waterbury, and Hartford. This includes:
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CT Legal Services
CT Legal Services helps help victims of domestic violence and unaccompanied minors stabilize their immigration status. They have six full-service offices across the state—New London, Willimantic, New Britain, Waterbury, Bridgeport, and Stamford—and an administrative office in Middletown.
Location finder: https://ctlegal.org/about/locations/
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CT Students for a Dream (C4D)
C4D is the only undocumented youth-led statewide organization in CT that fights and builds power for the rights and dignity of immigrants and communities of color. C4D is proud to be the largest grassroots community of immigrants and undocumented people, working tirelessly to create positive change through programs like:
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DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals)
The most up-to-date information on Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) may found on this webpage that is part of the larger U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) website.
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Immigration Resources: Family Preparedness Plan
To assist families who have concerns about immigration enforcement, particularly regarding the possibility of the deportation or detainment of guardians and the impact that it could have on their children, the Connecticut Governor's Office has developed a useful toolkit that people can utilize. There is no cost to utilize any of the documents contained in the toolkit, and neither attorneys nor court action are needed.
The toolkit is available in multiple languages and may be found by clicking this link: https://portal.ct.gov/familypreparedness.?language=en_US
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Immigration Advocates Network
Harnessing the power of technology and collaboration to support immigrants and their allies.
Advocate Resource Center:
https://www.immigrationadvocates.org/nonprofit/
Connecticut Immigration Legal Services Directory:
https://www.immigrationadvocates.org/nonprofit/legaldirectory/search?state=CT
Pro-Bono Volunteer Guide Connecticut:
https://www.immigrationadvocates.org/nonprofit/volunteer/search?state=CT
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Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services (IRIS)
Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services (IRIS) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to help refugees and other displaced people establish new lives, strengthen hope, dare to dream, and contribute to the vitality of communities in Connecticut and across the country.
Services: https://irisct.org/our-services/
Contact:
Email: info@irisct.org
Phone: 203.562.2095
Locations:
New Haven Office: 235 Nicoll Street, New Haven, CT 06511
Hartford Office: 25 Main Street, Hartford CT 06106
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Know Your Rights Toolkit
The Immigrant Legal Resource Center has created a variety of materials to educate the community and prepare individuals for encounters with immigration authorities.
Resources may be found here: https://www.ilrc.org/resources/community/know-your-rights-toolkit and include handouts, videos, and webinars in multiple languages.
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New Haven Legal Assistance Association, Inc.
The New Haven Legal Assistance Association, Inc. (NHLAA) secures justice for and protects the rights of those residents of New Haven County unable to engage legal counsel.
Immigration law services: Removal defense including asylum, special immigrant juvenile status petitions, and other defensive humanitarian application like VAWA petitions, U Visas, and T Visas with a focus on survivors of domestic violence and detained individuals.
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TheDream.US
TheDream.US is the nation’s largest college and career success program for undocumented immigrant youth, having provided more than 10,000 college scholarships to Dreamers attending close to 80 partner colleges in 20+ states and Washington, DC. The Dream.Us scholarships are for highly motivated undocumented students who want to get a college education but are unable to afford the cost. Eastern CT and Southern CT State Universities are partner colleges in CT.
Scholarships: https://www.thedream.us/scholarships/
UndocuAlly Training: https://www.thedream.us/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Pre-Work-Packet.pdf
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UConn School of Law Asylum and Human Rights Clinic
https://law.uconn.edu/academics/clinics-experiential-education/asylum-human-rights-clinic/
The Asylum and Human Rights Clinic represents clients who have fled persecution or torture in their home countries and seek refuge in the United States. Its clients include people from all parts of the world who face persecution because of their political opinion, religion, race or ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or family ties.
Contact: legalclinic@uconn.edu; (860) 570-5165
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United We Dream (UWD)
C4D (more information shared above) is a Connecticut affiliate of UWD.
Resources: https://unitedwedream.org/resources/
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