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Upwardly Global
https://www.upwardlyglobal.org/
There are more than 1.8 million immigrants in the
U.S. (as of January 2017) who are college-educated but are unemployed or
significantly underemployed. In their home countries
they were engineers, doctors, scientists, accountants,
and nonprofit professionals. In the U.S. they become
cashiers, nannies, and cab drivers, if employed at all.
To solve this problem Upwardly Global creates employer
partnerships that benefit from access to this talent
pool. We also provide customized training and support
for these new Americans to give them an equal
opportunity to find and secure skill appropriate
opportunities and achieve their full economic potential
in the U.S.
Administrative Relief
https://www.adminrelief.org
Government site which provides up-to-date information on
the recent Administrative Relief. The agency is the
Committee for Immigration Reform Implementation (CIRI).
Advocates for Human Rights,
The
http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org
Non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and
protecting human rights. Offers legal representation,
medical and psychological evaluations, and
interpretation and translation services.
America's Voice
http://americasvoice.org
The mission of America’s Voice (AV) and America’s Voice
Education Fund (AVEF) is to harness the power of
American voices and American values to enact policy
change that guarantees full labor, civil and political
rights for immigrants and their families. We work in
partnership with progressive, faith-based, labor, civil
rights, and grassroots groups, networks and leaders to
policies and legislation that will stabilize the lives
of 11 million Americans-in-waiting and put them on the
road to full citizenship.
American Immigration Council
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org
Non-profit educational, charitable organization which
promotes the prosperity and cultural richness of our
diverse nation through education and advocacy.
Through research and policy analysis, litigation and
communications, and international exchange, the Council
seeks to shape a twenty-first century vision of the
American immigrant experience.
American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
http://www.aila.org
AILA member attorneys represent U.S. families seeking
permanent residence for close family members, as well as
U.S. businesses seeking talent from the global
marketplace. AILA members also represent foreign
students, entertainers, athletes, and asylum seekers,
often on a pro bono basis. They provide continuing legal
education, information, professional services, and
expertise.
Asista
http://www.asistahelp.org
ASISTA's goal is to provide national leadership,
advocacy, training, and technical assistance to those
working with crime survivors seeking secure immigration
status, especially those who have suffered gender-based
violence.
Border
Network for Human Rights (BNHR)
http://www.bnhr.org
The BNHR’s mission is to organize border communities
through human rights education and to mobilize their
members to ignite change in policy and practice. The
BNHR has three ongoing campaigns -Comprehensive
immigration reform; Accountable and responsible border
policy; and Protection and Promotion of civil and human
rights.
Bridging Refugee Youth & Children’s Services (BRYCS)
http://www.brycs.org
BRYCS strengthens the capacity of refugee-serving and
mainstream organizations across the U.S. to ensure the
successful development of refugee children, youth, and
their families by increasing information sharing and
promoting collaboration at the local, state, regional,
and national levels.
Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC)
https://cliniclegal.org
CLINIC
Promotes the dignity and protects the rights of
immigrants in partnership with a dedicated network of
Catholic and community legal immigration programs.
CitizenshipWorks
https://www.citizenshipworks.org
Provides online, interactive resources to help
individuals apply for naturalization.
Commission on Immigration
American Bar Association
https://www.immigrationadvocates.org
Directs the ABA's efforts to ensure fair treatment and full due
process rights for immigrants and refugees within the
United States. Pro bono programs operated by the
Commission include Volunteer Advocates for Immigrant
Justice (VAIJ), the South Texas Pro Bono Asylum
Representation Project (ProBAR), the Immigration Justice
Project (IJP) of San Diego, the Detention Standards
Implementation Initiative (DSII), and the The Fight
Notario Fraud (FNF) Project.
Connecting Our World
http://www.connectingourworld.org
Connecting our World, sponsored by NAFSA, is a community
of individuals raising their voices in support of
international education and more globally engaged and
welcoming United States. We advocate for policies that
foster a more peaceful world, result in a commonsense
immigration process, encourage enlightened global
engagement, and sustain an informed civic culture
through international education.
Hope Border Institute
(HBI)
http://hopeborder.org
Hope Border Institute (HBI) is an independent grassroots
community organization working in the El Paso-Ciudad
Juárez-Las Cruces region, that seeks to bring the
perspective of Catholic social teaching to bear on the
social realities unique to our region. Through a robust
program of research, reflection, leadership development,
advocacy and action, HBI develops and aligns the
border’s community leaders and organizations engaged in
the work of justice from across the Mexico-US border to
deepen solidarity across borders and transform our
region.
Immigrant Legal Defense Project (ILD)
National Immigrant Justice Center
http://www.immigrantjustice.org/programs/immigrant-legal-defense-project
The National Immigrant Justice Center's Immigrant Legal Defense (ILD) project responds to
the urgent need of immigrant families. The project
offers a wide range of low-cost and free legal services
to low-income immigrants in jurisdiction of the Chicago
immigration court.
Immigrants' Rights Project
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
http://www.aclu.org/immigrants-rights
Works to ensure that the U.S. government complies with
universal human rights principles in addition to the
U.S. Constitution. The Program uses human rights
strategies to complement existing ACLU advocacy.
Immigration Advocates Network (IAN)
https://www.immigrationadvocates.org
IAN is a collaborative effort of leading immigrants' rights
organizations designed to increase access to justice for
low-income immigrants and strengthen the capacity of
organizations
serving them. IAN provides immigration advocates and organizations free, easily
accessible and comprehensive online resources and tools.
Immigration Direct
https://www.immigrationdirect.com
An on-line, easy-to-use, plain English, do-it-yourself
service which allows users to prepare and complete their
U.S. immigration applications. It is not affiliated with
the U.S. government nor is it a law firm.
Immigration Legal Resource Center
(ILRC)
https://www.ilrc.org
The Immigrant Legal Resource Center is a national
nonprofit resource center that provides immigration
legal trainings, technical assistance, and educational
materials; and engages in advocacy and immigrant civic
engagement to advance immigrant rights.
ImmigrationLawHelp.org
https://www.immigrationlawhelp.org
ImmigrationLawHelp.org is a searchable online directory
of over 1,000 free or low-cost nonprofit immigration
legal services providers in all 50 states. Only
nonprofits that are BIA recognized or have attorneys on
staff are included in the directory. Users can search
ImmigrationLawHelp.org by state, zip code, or detention
facility. Users can also refine their search by types
and areas of legal assistance provided, populations
served, languages spoken, other areas of legal
assistance, and non-legal services provided.
Interfaith
Immigration Coalition (IIC)
http://www.interfaithimmigration.org
IIC is a faith-based organization of various
denominations who work together towards enacting fair
and humane immigration policies. The organization seeks
to educate faith communities on the immigration issue
and to advocate toward just legislation.
Justice
for Immigrants (JFI)
http://justiceforimmigrants.org
This resource comes from United States Conference of
Catholic Bishops and its purpose is to
educate and inform Catholics about Church teaching on
migration and immigrants. JFI also serves to create a
political will toward positive legislation for
immigrants and immigration policy.
Kino
Border Initiative (KBI)
https://www.kinoborderinitiative.org
The Kino Border Initiative is an outreach program run by
the Jesuits. Through its vision and outreach, KBI seeks
to promote U.S./Mexico border immigration policies that
affirm the dignity of all persons, especially our
immigrant brothers and sisters who cross the desert. KBI
provides humanitarian assistance and accompaniment to
migrants as well as social and pastoral education to
communities on both sides of the border.
Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service (LIRS)
http://lirs.org
LIRS works with migrants and refugees, U.S. Lutherans,
and many partners in service and justice to accomplish
our mission. Refugees are resettled through a network of
28 local organizations in 26 states, most of which are
Lutheran social ministry organizations. Sixteen of those
organizations also provide immigration legal services.
Asylum seekers, survivors of torture and other migrants
impacted by detention are served through 23 partners
providing legal and social services including visitation
ministry. In addition, we work directly with eight
foster care programs at the state level to provide
family reunification and foster care services for
unaccompanied refugee and immigrant minors.
Migration and Refugee Services
United
States Conference of Catholic Bishops
http://www.usccb.org/about/migration-and-refugee-services/
Committee which carries out the commitment of the United
States Conference of Catholic Bishops to serve and
advocate for refugees, asylees, and other forced
migrants, immigrants, and other people on the move.
Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
http://www.migrationpolicy.org
Provides analysis, development, and evaluation of
migration and refugee policies at the local, national,
and international levels.
NAFSA:
Association of International Educators
http://nafsa.org
Nation's leading policy voice for international
education and exchange.
National Immigration Law Center (NILC)
https://www.nilc.org
Offers educational materials to address issues of
concern to low-income immigrants.
Established in 1979, the National Immigration Law Center
(NILC) is one of the leading organizations in the U.S.
exclusively dedicated to defending and advancing the
rights of low-income immigrants.
New
Americans Campaign, The
http://www.newamericanscampaign.org
The New Americans Campaign is a groundbreaking,
nonpartisan national network of legal-service providers,
faith-based organizations, businesses, foundations and
community leaders that is paving a better road to
citizenship. We are modernizing and streamlining access
to naturalization services, so that greater numbers of
lawfully qualified permanent residents take the critical
step to becoming American citizens. We are currently
driving a national, nonpartisan citizenship campaign
throughout the country, focused on major cities with
large numbers of citizenship-eligible residents.
Pro
Bono Net
http://www.probono.net
This site provides resources for pro bono and legal
services attorneys and others working to assist low
income or disadvantaged clients. Pro Bono Net is a
national nonprofit, founded in 1999, dedicated to
increasing access to justice for the disadvantaged.
Through innovative technology solutions and expertise in
building and mobilizing justice networks, Pro Bono Net
transforms the way legal help reaches those in need.
RefugeeOne
http://www.refugeeone.org
Founded in 1982 and incorporated as an independent
not-for-profit in 1992, RefugeeOne is a refugee
resettlement agency that provides a full range of
services to refugees resettled in the Chicago area.
Their primary focus is to assist the refugee in becoming
an independent, self-supporting member of the new
community as soon as possible. RefugeeOne provides
mentor teams, employment opportunities, and support
systems to help.
Tucson
Samaritans
http://www.tucsonsamaritans.org
Samaritans (formerly Samaritan Patrol) is an interfaith organization composed of
people of faith who provide a compassionate and healing
presence in the desert through humanitarian aid. They
provide emergency medical assistance to migrants who
cross the desert along the U.S./Mexico border.
Samaritans is a mission of Southside Presbyterian
Church.
Unaccompanied Children Resource
Center
https://www.uacresources.org
Provides training manuals, webinars and practice
advisories to help nonprofit legal staff and pro bono
attorneys represent children in proceedings. Also offers
basic legal information on immigration law and procedure
for the families and guardians of unaccompanied
children. The site was launched in 2015 in response to
the influx of unaccompanied immigrant children seeking
refuge in the United States.
United
We Dream
http://unitedwedream.org
United We Dream (previously known as Own the DREAM) is
the largest immigrant youth-led organization in the
nation. Our powerful nonpartisan network is made up of
over 100,000 immigrant youth and allies and 55 affiliate
organizations in 26 states. We organize and advocate for
the dignity and fair treatment of immigrant youth and
families, regardless of immigration status.
Welcoming America
https://www.welcomingamerica.org
A national, grassroots-driven collaborative that
works to promote mutual respect and cooperation between
foreign-born and U.S.-born Americans. The ultimate goal
of Welcoming America is to create a welcoming atmosphere
– community by community – in which immigrants are more
likely to integrate into the social fabric of their
adopted hometowns. Provides resources.
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