EBCLC’s Immigration Program provides a full-range of free legal services to low-income immigrants on a wide range of immigration issues with a focus on the most vulnerable populations—people with disabilities and chronic illness, members of the LGBTQ community, youth, and existing EBCLC clients struggling with other legal issues. Using a “kindergarten to college” model that addresses the interrelated legal needs of immigrants and their families, Immigration Program advocates provide representation and counsel for such issues as:
- Adjustment of status
- Consular processing
- DACA (Please click here to visit our DACA legal services page)
- Deportation defense
- Family-based immigration for already existing EBCLC clients
- Mitigating or eliminating the immigration effects of criminal convictions in partnership with the Clean Slate Unit at EBCLC
- Naturalization
- Political asylum
- Public benefits eligibility including complex eligibility issues in partnership with the Health & Welfare Unit at EBCLC
- Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) including state court matters (guardianship, custody, etc.) necessary to get predicate orders for SIJS
- T visas for survivors of trafficking
- U visas for survivors of crime
- Waivers
EBCLC’s Immigration attorneys represent clients before the Asylum Office, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services, and Immigration Court, and on appeal before the Board of Immigration Appeals. The cases accepted for representation are dictated by the unmet needs of the community.
- Seeking information about the public charge rule? See these fact sheets from the Immigrant Legal Resource Center.
- For more information on our Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) legal services please click here.
Want more information about Immigration? Click here!
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