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Ayuda
Ayuda provides legal, social, and language services to help vulnerable immigrants in our neighborhoods access justice and transform their lives. Since 1973, we have served more than 100,000 low-income immigrants throughout Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia. Ayuda’s expert and dedicated professionals help immigrants from anywhere in the world navigate the immigration and justice systems and access the social safety net. This comprehensive and welcoming approach breaks down barriers, helps those in need, and makes our communities stronger.
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CASA Citizenship Application Assistance
CASA offers assistance and guidance through the entire naturalization process. They directly offer application assistance (Form N-400), citizenship classes, mentoring/tutoring sessions, and financial assistance for those who qualify.
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Human Rights First
Asylum is a legal status that the U.S. government can grant to people who are at risk of harm in their home countries because of their religion, political opinion, sexual orientation, or ethnicity, for example, if the governments in their home countries will not protect them. Human Rights First provides pro bono legal services to people living in the greater Washington D.C., New York City, and Houston metropolitan areas who do not already have legal representation, cannot afford an attorney, and need help with a claim for asylum or other protection-based form of immigration status.
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Central American Resource Center
The program seeks to facilitate Latino immigrants’ transition to the United States, reunite families, secure work authorization and economic security, and seek legal relief and justice for victims of crimes and abuse. Specifically, the low- or no-cost services provided include assistance with naturalization, family visa petitions, consular processing, obtaining and maintaining Temporary Protected Status, deportation defense, asylum applications, and filing for U Visas. In addition to direct services, CARECEN’s legal department educates community members through “Know Your Rights” forums on topics including immigration, civil rights, and notario fraud.
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Kids In Need of Defense (KIND)
KIND has a national network of pro bono attorneys who have been trained to represent unaccompanied children in their search for safety, including children who have been persecuted in their home countries; trafficked to the U.S., and abused, abandoned or neglected; these are among the many protection needs of these uniquely vulnerable children. KIND also has training programs and resources for pro bono attorneys to access information whenever they need it; numerous other resources are also available to KIND volunteers.
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Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center
This center offers the following areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T visas, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions for domestic violence victims, human trafficking survivors, individuals who are not in legal immigration status, individuals with criminal histories, individuals with physical/mental disabilities, juveniles, lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, and torture survivors
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Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition
The Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition brings together community groups, pro bono attorneys, and volunteers from DC, Virginia, and Maryland to provide detained immigrants with assistance and free legal representation. This coalition provides legal services to adults held in the custody of Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Virginia and Maryland and to unaccompanied minors who are held in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) in Virginia and Maryland.