Legal Immigration Resources

The list below includes external resources and organizations for informational purposes.

Teachers College is not affiliated with or endorsing any of these resources. 

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Free or low-cost immigration legal help is available from a number of organizations in New York:

• The New York Immigration Coalition has a list of helpful resources at https://www.nyic.org/ 
• The Immigration Advocates Nonprofit Resource Center also provides a list of immigration legal services in New York https://www.immigrationadvocates.org/nonprofit/legaldirectory/search?state=NY 
• The City of New York offers New Yorkers “free, safe immigration legal help in a network of trusted community-based organizations” visit https://www.nyc.gov/site/immigrants/legal-resources/immigration-legal-services.page or call the MOIA Immigration Legal Support Hotline at 1-800- 354-0365 and say "ActionNYC," (during business hours Monday to Friday).
• The Legal Aid Society hotline for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention cases 844-955-3425. For important information, visit legal-aid.org.

Many other organizations provide important timely information about the evolving immigration situation and the rights of immigrants:

• American Civil Liberties Union https://www.aclu.org/issues/immigrants-rights?redirect=immigrants-rights
• Catholic Legal Immigration Network https://cliniclegal.org/
• Immigration Legal Resource Center https://www.ilrc.org/
• National Immigration Law Center https://www.nilc.org/
• Immigrant Defense Project (212) 725-6422
• United We Dream hotline 1-844-363-1423

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