The organizations below are organized by U.S. region to help families find local legal aid and immigration services. To find your Regional Captain and get involved locally, visit Find Your Regional Captain. Each listing includes direct service providers offering free or low-cost assistance with family petitions, removal defense, adjustment of status, and Know Your Rights education.
Pacific Region (WA, OR, CA, AK, HI)
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Washington
Seattle: 206-587-4009 · Toll-free: 800-445-5771 · Tacoma (detained): 253-235-9279
Services: Free immigration legal services statewide — asylum, removal defense, VAWA, naturalization, detention representation. Offices in Seattle, Tacoma, Granger, and Wenatchee. Only free legal aid serving detained individuals at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma. Serves income at or below 200% federal poverty level.
Hotline: 1-844-724-3737
Services: 24/7 rapid response network for families experiencing or witnessing immigration enforcement. Does not share information with ICE. Connects callers to legal support, community resources, and documents enforcement activity. Critical first-call resource for families in crisis in Washington State.
Services: Washington State's official Family Separation Rapid Response Team. State agencies do not share information with ICE. Provides standby guardian nomination forms, child welfare protections, and coordination for families at risk of separation.
Oregon
Seattle office: 206-587-4009 (serves OR residents)
Services: NWIRP's direct services extend to Oregon residents, particularly those in the Portland metro area and along the Columbia River corridor. Oregon residents should contact the Seattle office for intake.
Phone: 503-335-8000
Services: One of Oregon's largest nonprofit immigration legal service providers. Offers free and low-cost immigration legal help including family petitions, DACA, asylum, green cards, citizenship, and removal defense. DOJ-accredited representatives. Multilingual staff serving Portland metro and beyond.
Phone: 503-581-5265 (Salem / statewide)
Services: Free civil legal services to low-income Oregonians including farmworkers and immigrants in rural areas — family law, housing, immigration-adjacent matters. Migrant Services Program specifically serves seasonal agricultural workers. Multiple offices across Oregon.
California
Services: The Immigrant Legal Resource Center coordinates legal services, education, and community support across 11 California regions. Key statewide coordination resource. Also maintains the most-used family preparedness plan guide and the California-specific Form GC-211 guardianship toolkit.
Phone: 800-399-4529 (Mon–Fri, 9am–12pm)
Services: Free immigration legal services for low-income LA residents — crime survivors, domestic violence victims, unaccompanied minors, and torture survivors. Dedicated Asian Pacific Islander legal team. Multiple offices across LA County. Also has self-help centers open to anyone regardless of income.
Phone: 415-896-1701 (Mon–Thu 10am–12pm, 1–3pm)
Services: Nation's oldest civil rights org serving low-income API communities. Free immigration consultations and removal defense representation, particularly for those detained due to criminal convictions. Clinics for immigration, worker rights, and housing. Serves Bay Area and Central Valley. Over 200 languages via interpreters.
Services: Free removal defense for detained and non-detained immigrants in Southern California. Focuses on complex deportation defense cases. Key partner in LA County's public defender model for immigrants. Serves clients regardless of likelihood of winning.
Alaska
Phone: 907-279-2457
Services: Free immigration legal services for low-income Alaskans — asylum, removal defense, family petitions, DACA, U and T visas, VAWA. The only nonprofit dedicated solely to immigration legal services in Alaska. Anchorage-based with statewide reach.
Hawaii
Phone: 808-777-7071
Services: Free immigration legal services for low-income immigrants in Honolulu and Oahu. Part of the Immigration Law & Justice Network (JFON). Consultations, removal defense, and family-based immigration cases.
Phone: 808-536-4302 (Oahu); 1-800-499-4302 (neighbor islands)
Services: Free civil legal services to low-income Hawaii residents statewide — family law, housing, immigration-adjacent matters, domestic violence. Multiple offices across the islands.
Mountain Region (MT, ID, WY, NV, UT, CO, AZ, NM)
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Colorado
Phone: 303-433-2812
Services: Free immigration legal services for adults in immigration detention at the Aurora Contract Detention Facility, and for immigrant children who have suffered abuse, neglect, or violence. Removal defense, habeas corpus petitions, children's program. Address: 7301 Federal Blvd., Suite 300, Westminster, CO 80030.
Services: Statewide coalition connecting immigrants to legal services, Know Your Rights trainings, rapid response resources, and community organizing. First-contact resource for families in crisis anywhere in Colorado. Also provides a statewide legal services directory.
Arizona
Florence: 520-868-0191 · Phoenix: 602-307-1008 · Tucson: 520-203-7912
Services: Free legal and social services to detained adults and unaccompanied children facing removal in Arizona. Pioneered the national Legal Orientation Program. On any given day, 5,000 immigrants are detained in AZ — 86% unrepresented. No walk-ins; appointment required. Key resource for any family with a detained loved one in AZ.
Immigration: 602-749-4415 · Toll-free: 855-316-2229
Services: Legal consultation, documentation, and representation for U.S. citizens and immigrants in AZ — family petitions, citizenship, DACA, asylum, green cards. Office: 1825 W. Northern Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85021.
Utah
Helpline: 801-382-9027 (Mon–Thu, business hours)
Services: Centralized legal immigration helpline coordinating services across Comunidades Unidas, Catholic Community Services of Utah, Holy Cross Ministries, and the International Rescue Committee. Screens callers and refers to the appropriate provider. Best first call for any family in Utah.
Immigration line: 801-487-4143 (Mon–Thu, 8am–6pm MST)
Services: DOJ-recognized nonprofit providing low-cost immigration legal services and representation to the Latino community in Utah. Handles renewals, status applications, legal clinics, and referrals. Also provides community health worker support and family advocacy.
New Mexico
Services: Free immigration legal services in Albuquerque — U Visas, T Visas, VAWA, DACA renewals, citizenship, asylum pro se assistance, and detention/deportation defense. Also serves two NM detention centers. Trauma-informed and holistic approach. Call office to schedule consultation.
Phone: 505-243-7871 (Albuquerque) · 1-833-LGL-HELP (statewide)
Services: Free and low-cost civil legal services to low-income New Mexicans, including immigration-adjacent matters. Covers family law, housing, domestic violence, and public benefits. Statewide offices.
Nevada
Phone: 702-386-1070 (Las Vegas) · 775-284-3491 (Reno)
Services: Free civil legal services for low-income Nevadans including immigration matters — DACA, U visas, VAWA, family petitions. Also handles expanded guardianship cases under Nevada's 2025 law which includes immigration enforcement scenarios.
Montana · Idaho · Wyoming
Services: Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming have very limited dedicated immigration legal aid. Use IAN's searchable national directory to find any current providers. Catholic Charities diocese offices in each state are typically the best starting point.
Services: Use CLINIC's 50-state directory for guardianship forms, pro bono referrals, and consular contacts. Updated regularly.
Midwest Plains (ND, SD, NE, KS, IA, MO, MN)
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Minnesota
Immigrant Client Line: 612-341-9845 · Main: 612-341-3302
Services: Free immigration legal services for asylum seekers, unaccompanied children, detained immigrants, and trafficking survivors in MN, ND, and SD. Coordinates the Minnesota Detention Project at Fort Snelling Immigration Court. Income at or below 200% federal poverty level. Address: 330 Second Ave. South, Suite 800, Minneapolis, MN 55401.
Detained by ICE: 651-641-1011 (intake hours)
Services: Free immigration legal assistance to low-income refugees and immigrants statewide. Handles removal defense, family-based cases, and policy advocacy. Key partner in Minnesota's Immigration Legal Services Hub alongside The Advocates, Mid-MN Legal Aid, Southern MN Regional Legal Services, and Volunteer Lawyers Network.
Services: Free legal clinics held bi-weekly (2nd and 4th Wednesdays, 1:30–5pm) and at multiple neighborhood locations around the Twin Cities. Walk-in consultations with immigration attorneys. No appointment needed for some clinics.
Iowa
Phone: 515-255-9809
Services: Free immigration legal services across Iowa — monthly clinics in Cedar Rapids, Columbus Junction, Decorah, Des Moines, Marshalltown, Ottumwa, and Storm Lake. Part of the Immigration Law & Justice Network.
Phone: 515-243-1193 · Toll-free: 1-800-532-1275
Services: Free civil legal aid for low-income Iowans including immigration-adjacent matters — family law, housing, domestic violence, public benefits.
Nebraska
Office: 402-898-1349 · Assistance: 1-855-307-6730
Services: Free immigration legal services throughout Nebraska and Western Iowa, including Omaha, Council Bluffs, Crete, Grand Island, Lexington, Nebraska City, Scottsbluff, and South Sioux City.
Phone: 402-554-0520
Services: Free and low-cost immigration legal services — family petitions, DACA, green cards, citizenship, asylum.
Missouri
Phone: 314-773-9090
Services: Free immigration legal services in St. Louis — family petitions, green cards, citizenship, asylum, TPS, deportation defense.
Phone: 816-221-4377
Services: Free immigration legal services — family petitions, citizenship, DACA, asylum, TPS.
Kansas
Phone: 316-264-8344
Services: Free immigration legal consultations — family petitions, DACA, green cards, citizenship.
North Dakota · South Dakota
Immigrant Client Line: 612-341-9845
Services: Free legal help to asylum seekers, detained immigrants, and unaccompanied children in ND and SD.
Great Lakes (WI, MI, IL, IN, OH)
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Illinois
General intake: 312-660-1370 (Tue/Wed/Thu, 8:30am–4:30pm CT) · ICH Hotline (text): 312-660-1328 · Detained in IN: 773-672-6559 (Tue, 12–3pm ET)
Services: Free and low-cost immigration legal services in IL and IN — asylum, SIJS, removal defense, U/T visas, VAWA, DACA, family petitions, naturalization, TPS, LGBT+ immigrants, and trafficking survivors. Free Immigration Court Help Desk at Chicago and Indianapolis courts (walk-in Tue/Wed at 55 E. Monroe, Chicago). Largest immigration legal nonprofit in the Midwest.
Detained or arrested in IL: 855-435-7693
Services: Connects Illinois immigrant communities to legal aid, rapid response, social services, and policy updates. Key hotline for families whose loved one has been detained.
Services: Rapid response network in and near Chicago for families experiencing ICE enforcement. Documents incidents and connects families to attorneys.
Michigan
Intake: 734-239-6863 (Mon–Thu) · Farmworker/worker rights: 1-800-968-4046
Services: Statewide legal resource center providing free immigration legal services — domestic violence survivors, unaccompanied children, naturalization/citizenship, and detention representation.
Indiana
Detained in IN: 773-672-6559 (Tue, 12–3pm ET) · General intake: 312-660-1370
Services: NIJC serves Indiana residents through its Chicago office and provides court assistance in Indianapolis Immigration Court.
Phone: 317-236-1446
Services: Free and low-cost immigration legal services — family petitions, green cards, DACA, citizenship, asylum, and deportation defense referrals.
Ohio
Services: Statewide coalition coordinating immigration legal services, Know Your Rights training, and rapid response across Ohio.
Intake: 734-239-6863 (Mon–Thu)
Services: Free calls and detention-related support for individuals held in Ohio facilities through MIRC systems.
Wisconsin
Intake: 312-660-1370 (Tue/Wed/Thu, 8:30am–4:30pm CT)
Services: Wisconsin residents access NIJC services through the Chicago office and immigration court system.
Phone: 414-643-1620 (Milwaukee)
Services: Wisconsin immigrant rights organization providing Know Your Rights trainings, rapid response support, legal referrals, and organizing statewide.
Northeast (ME, VT, NH, MA, RI, CT, NY, NJ, PA)
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New York
Information line: 212-659-6188
Services: Free standby guardianship forms and legal consultations for immigrant parents in NY. Forms available in multiple languages including English, Spanish, Mandarin, French, and Russian.
Services: Free immigration legal services in New York through fellowship-based representation focusing on green cards and citizenship.
Services: NYC legal services directory for immigration help, Know Your Rights resources, and rapid response tools across all boroughs.
Services: Free immigration legal services for low-income NYC residents — family reunification, citizenship, deportation defense.
Massachusetts
Phone: 617-742-9296 · Address: 98 N. Washington St., Boston, MA 02114
Services: Free immigration legal services for asylum seekers and detained immigrants in Massachusetts with access to detention facilities.
Phone: 617-371-1234 · Toll-free: 800-323-3205
Services: Free immigration legal services — family petitions, asylum, citizenship, removal defense, DACA, U/T visas.
NE MA: 617-794-7024 · Central MA: 978-400-2126 · Western MA: 413-386-9951
Services: Free immigration legal services across Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire through the Immigration Law & Justice Network.
Connecticut
Services: State standby guardianship and family preparedness legal forms developed with Yale Law School.
Phone: 860-523-9146
Services: Immigrants’ rights legal advocacy, Know Your Rights resources, and referrals.
New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Delaware
Phone: 973-643-1924 (Newark)
Services: Immigration legal services, detention support, rapid response, and advocacy in New Jersey.
Phone: 267-765-0034 (Philadelphia)
Services: Free immigration legal services including asylum, citizenship, DACA, and deportation defense.
Maine · Vermont · New Hampshire · Rhode Island
Phone: 207-626-6476
Services: Immigration legal services and resettlement support across Maine.
Phone: 1-800-889-2047
Services: Civil legal aid and referrals for immigration-related matters in Vermont.
Phone: 401-784-8600
Services: Immigration legal services and resettlement support in Rhode Island.
Southern Plains (TX, OK, AR, LA)
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Texas
Phone: 1-833-372-4237 (all TX offices)
Services: Free and low-cost immigration legal services statewide — asylum, removal defense, DACA, bond fund, family-based cases. Offices in San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, Houston, and McAllen. Largest immigration legal services provider in Texas.
WhatsApp Support Line available through Together & Free network
Services: Community-based rapid support and accompaniment resource for immigrant families navigating detention, deportation fears, and family separation concerns. Provides direct communication, emergency support coordination, trusted referrals, and community connection through WhatsApp-based outreach.
Phone: 1-833-329-8752 (Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm)
Services: Free civil legal services to low-income residents in 68 SW Texas counties. Covers family law, housing, employment, farmworker rights, and immigration.
Phone: 512-478-0546 (Austin); 210-226-7722 (San Antonio)
Services: Free immigration legal services for low-income immigrants in Central and South Texas — asylum, VAWA, U visas, T visas, DACA, family petitions, removal defense.
Phone: 713-526-4611
Services: Immigration legal services in Houston metro area — green cards, citizenship, family petitions, asylum, DACA. Sliding scale fees; low-income clients may qualify for free services.
Appointment Line: 512-326-1988
Services: Free immigration legal consultations and representation for low-income immigrants in the greater Austin region.
Oklahoma
Phone: 1-888-534-5243 (statewide)
Services: Free civil legal aid to low-income Oklahomans, including immigration-related matters. Offices in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and regional locations.
Phone: 405-523-3000
Services: Immigration legal services including family petitions, adjustment of status, DACA, naturalization, and asylum. DOJ-accredited representatives on staff.
Services: Official DOJ list of free legal service providers for individuals in immigration proceedings in Oklahoma.
Arkansas
Phone: 1-800-952-9243
Services: Free civil legal services to low-income Arkansans in the western half of the state including Northwest Arkansas and Little Rock.
Phone: 1-800-967-9224
Services: Free civil legal aid serving eastern Arkansas — domestic violence, custody, protective orders for immigrant survivors.
Phone: 1-833-329-8752
Services: Serves migrant and seasonal farmworkers in Arkansas and surrounding states through TRLA's Nashville-based office.
Louisiana
Phone: 504-529-1000
Services: Free civil legal aid in southeast Louisiana — family law, housing, immigration-adjacent matters.
Hotline: 504-315-5751 (calls, texts, WhatsApp)
Services: Immigration legal referrals, language access coordination, and community support for immigrant families in New Orleans and Jefferson Parish.
Services: Free or low-cost immigration legal services via national clinic network. Louisiana families can locate nearby JFON affiliates.
Deep South (MS, AL, TN, KY)
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Note for AFU team:
The Deep South is among the most underserved regions for immigration legal aid in the U.S. Many states rely heavily on Catholic Charities, TRLA's Southern Migrant Legal Services, and JFON clinics. Capacity is limited — families in this region should be encouraged to use national directories (IAN, immigrationlawhelp.org) in addition to the organizations listed below.
Mississippi
Phone: 228-436-3986
Services: Community case management, ESL classes, immigration form assistance, legal referrals, and direct services to immigrant and Limited English Proficient families on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Phone: 601-352-2269
Services: Civil rights and legal aid organization serving low-income Mississippians. Handles immigration-adjacent matters including housing discrimination, employment rights, and family law. Referrals available for immigration cases.
Phone: 601-925-7180
Services: Law school immigration clinic providing supervised legal representation to low-income immigrants.
Phone: 1-833-329-8752
Services: Legal services for migrant and seasonal farmworkers in Mississippi. Focus on employment, housing, and labor rights violations.
Alabama
Statewide: 1-866-456-4995
Services: Free civil legal aid across all 67 counties. Covers family law, housing, benefits, and immigration-adjacent matters.
Services: Statewide immigrant rights network providing legal referrals, Know Your Rights trainings, and community organizing.
Services: Statewide directory of immigration legal aid and refugee support resources across Alabama.
Tennessee
Appointment Line: 615-538-7481
Services: Free immigration legal services — consultations, removal defense, family-based cases, humanitarian relief.
Phone: 615-244-6610
Services: Free civil legal services covering family law, housing, domestic violence, and some immigration-adjacent matters.
Phone: 615-833-0018
Services: Statewide advocacy, Know Your Rights trainings, rapid response support, and legal referrals.
Kentucky
Phone: 859-699-6948
Services: Free immigration legal services — consultations, removal defense, and family-based cases.
Phone: 1-800-422-1683 / 1-606-437-4646
Services: Free civil legal services covering family law, housing, domestic violence, public benefits, and immigration-adjacent matters.
Phone: 1-833-329-8752
Services: Free legal services for migrant and seasonal agricultural workers in Kentucky.
Southeast (VA, WV, NC, SC, GA, FL, DE, MD, DC)
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Virginia
Phone: 703-979-1240
Services: Free immigration legal services in Northern Virginia with clinics in Staunton and Virginia's Eastern Shore, and the Baltimore–Washington D.C. corridor. Part of the Immigration Law & Justice Network. Main office: Annandale, VA.
Phone: 434-977-0553 (Charlottesville)
Services: Statewide civil rights and legal aid organization with strong immigration work. Provides removal defense, family-based petitions, DACA, U/T visas, and systemic advocacy. Offices in Charlottesville, Falls Church, Richmond, and Petersburg.
Services: Low-cost immigration legal consultations and representation for residents of Virginia and the DC metropolitan area.
West Virginia
Phone: 304-344-3144
Services: Nonprofit legal aid providing free civil legal services to low-income West Virginians, including immigration-adjacent matters and family law. Limited immigration capacity; provides referrals.
Services: Searchable directory of nonprofit immigration legal service providers in West Virginia.
North Carolina
Phone: 1-866-219-5262 (statewide helpline)
Services: Statewide free legal aid including immigration services for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking. Protects farmworkers' legal rights.
Services: Low- to no-cost immigration legal representation in NC for refugees, immigrants, and unaccompanied children.
South Carolina
Phone: 1-888-346-5592
Services: Free civil legal services statewide — family law, housing, domestic violence, and some immigration-adjacent matters.
Services: Directory of nonprofit immigration legal service providers in South Carolina.
Georgia
Services: Comprehensive immigration legal services — removal defense, citizenship, DACA, family petitions, asylum, U/T visas.
Phone: 678-222-3920
Services: Free and reduced-cost immigration legal services — family petitions, green cards, DACA, citizenship.
Services: Low- to no-cost legal representation for refugees and immigrants in Atlanta.
Services: Free legal information and legal help finder for immigrants in Georgia.
Florida
Services: Statewide advocacy coalition connecting immigrants to legal services, Know Your Rights resources, and rapid response networks.
Services: Free immigration legal services statewide — asylum, citizenship, DACA, deportation defense, U/T visas, SIJS.
Phone: 305-573-1106
Services: Free immigration legal services in South Florida — asylum, family petitions, VAWA, U visas, SIJS, detained individuals.
Maryland · DC
Services: Standby guardianship and family preparedness resources in Maryland with multilingual forms.
Phone: 301-431-4185 (Hyattsville, MD)
Services: Immigration legal services, rapid response, Know Your Rights training across MD, DC, VA, and PA.
Phone: 703-979-1240
Services: Free immigration legal services across DC/MD/VA corridor with clinics and referrals.
National Toolkit
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Tools List
The most comprehensive searchable national directory of nonprofit immigration legal service providers. Search by state, county, or detention facility. Only free and low-cost nonprofits included.
Companion directory to the IAN database maintained by Pro Bono Net. Search by state, county, service type, language, and detention facility.
Official federal list of free legal service providers for people in immigration proceedings, searchable by court location.
Enter any address to find federally-funded civil legal aid nearby. Not immigration-specific but critical in rural areas.
Step-by-step guide on locating a family member detained by ICE, including detainee locator and legal support steps.
Anti-notario fraud
Notarios and "immigration consultants" are not attorneys. This site helps report fraud and find legitimate legal help.