Helpful Links and Resources

Catholic Charities-Immigration Legal Services - non-profit legal provider of immigration-related legal services to low income immigrants, refugees, and their families, including assistance with visa applications, naturalization, asylum applications, and defenses against deportation.

Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project, The Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs - provides representation for asylum seekers; handles cases of discrimination against newcomers to U.S. in employment, housing, lending, education & government services.

Hogar Hispano - provides legal assistance in the areas of family petitions, adjustment and consular processing, NACARA applications, asylum, naturalization, visa processing, deportation and removal cases

The Tahirih Justice Center - provides pro bono legal representation to immigrant and refugee women and girls fleeing gender-based persecution such as rape and incest, domestic violence, honor crimes, female genital mutilation, forced marriage, and persecution based on sexual orientation.

Central American Resource Center (CARECEN) -a non-profit, community-based organization that provides legal, housing, educational, and civic participation programs for the Latino community in the Washington metropolitan area.

Dyer & Hwang, P.C. -a law firm located in Richmond, VA, dedicated to providing legal services in the public interest. "We provide high-quality, low cost legal services in all areas of Immigration law."

Just Neighbors Ministry, Inc.- a non-profit organization located in Arlington, VA that provides immigration legal services to persons who could not otherwise afford them.

Freedom Network (USA) - To Empower Trafficked and Enslaved Persons- Members of the Freedom Network (USA) have provided services to trafficked persons in some of the major trafficking cases in the United States to date and have actively promoted a human rights response to trafficking worldwide and in the United States.

Stop-Traffic - addresses human rights abuses associated with trafficking in persons for forced labor, servitude and slavery around the world, such as in forced factory labor, domestic servitude, forced prostitution, forced agricultural labor and other forms of forced labor.

Maryland Office for New Americans (MONA) - is the state office located in Baltimore, MD that coordinates services for refugees resettling in Maryland. In addition to contracting for services to refugees, MONA provides information and referral on issues relating to Maryland's immigrants, and contracts for citizenship preparation classes.

D.C. Employment Justice Center - provide free legal services to on employment law issues to low-wage immigrant workers and all low-wage workers.

Boat People SOS, Inc. - BPSOS is a national, community-based organization that has been serving the Vietnamese immigrant and refugee community for over 22 years.

Southern Poverty Law Center - Civil rights legal and educational advocacy organization. www.splcenter.org and www.tolerance.org

Immigration Pro Bono Development and Bar Activation Project - American Bar Association-- works to institutionalize, within the national, state, and local bar, the unmet legal needs of immigrants, refugees, and newcomers by awarding grants to bar-sponsored programs to create or expand immigration pro bono programs.

The Refugee Program of Amnesty International USA - advocates on behalf of asylum seekers in the US, including member action and training of members to conduct legal service and legal research.

Daryl W. Price, Esquire, LLC – A law firm located in Olney, Maryland, which specializes in immigration, family, and juvenile law and real estate closings.

Spanish Catholic Center - was founded by the Archdiocese of Washington to provide services to low-income and limited English proficient immigrants in the areas of education, health and social needs. While its principal purpose is to assist the Hispanic community of the metropolitan Washington, it has always assisted any person in need without regard to race, color, sex, age, religious affiliation or country of origin.

The Meyer Foundation - is one of the oldest and largest foundations in Greater Washington. Each year Meyer invests time, energy, and millions of dollars in talented nonprofit leaders and their organizations in order to strengthen our region’s communities. Meyer identifies promising organizations early on, supports their leaders, strengthens their management, and connects them with the money and other resources they need to do their work effectively.

Opening Minds - The Washington Region for Justice & Inclusion (WRJI) - Upholding the values of equality for all people, WRJI fights oppression, prejudice and discrimination through training, collaboration and mediation programs in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Northern Virginia.