Immigration Legal Services

The City of New York offers New Yorkers free, safe immigration legal help in a network of trusted community-based organizations at community sites, public health facilities, public schools, and libraries. Services are provided in your language. Your immigration status does not matter.

You can call the City-funded, free and safe Immigration Legal Hotline at 800-354-0365, or call 311 and say "ActionNYC," between 9AM to 6PM, Monday to Friday, to get:

• Answers to immigration-related questions

• Information on immigration policy

• Connections to City-funded, free and safe immigration legal help including comprehensive immigration legal screenings and legal representation

• Referrals to other community-based resources and support services

Current ActionNYC community partners, community-based organizations and legal service providers, include:

• African Communities Together (ACT)

• African Services Committee (ASC)

• Arab American Association of New York (AAANY)

• BronxWorks, Inc.

• CAMBA Legal Services, Inc.

• Caribbean Women's Health Association (CWHA)

• Catholic Charities Community Services (CCCS)

• Chhaya Community Development Corporation (Chhaya CDC)

• Chinese American Planning Council (CPC)

• Haitian Americans United for Progress (HAUP)

• Immigrant Justice Corps (IJC)

• Jacob A Riis Neighborhood Settlement

• Little Sisters of the Assumption (LSA)

• Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York (LSSNY)

• Make the Road New York (MRNY)

• MinKwon Center for Community Action

• New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG)

• Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation (NMIC)

• SCO Family Services/Center for Family Life (CFL)

• Sunnyside Communities (SCS)

• The Door

https://www.nyc.gov/site/immigrants/help/legal-services/actionnyc.page

Detailed information on ICE arrests and your rights if ICE comes to your home or stops you on the street, in a car, and at a courthouse.

https://www.immigrantdefenseproject.org/know-your-rights-with-ice/

Legal Aid Society

The Legal Aid Society was founded as the German Legal Aid Society in 1876 to provide legal assistance to low-income German immigrants in New York. It was the first legal office for low-income people in the nation and would go on to handle 212 cases in its first year. Now the legal aid society works throughout New York City to ensure everyone has access to justice. Our expert teams work across practice areas on nearly every area of law that impacts New Yorkers.We protect and defend the rights of everyday New Yorkers who need legal support, regardless of who they are, where they come from, or how they identify. Our work keeps families and communities together, and in many cases, saves lives.

Leadership Across Issues and Practice Areas

Our Civil, Criminal Defense, Juvenile Rights, and Pro Bono practices work tirelessly in and out of the courtroom to defend our clients and dismantle the hidden, systemic barriers that can prevent them from thriving in New York City. We seek to be a beacon of hope for New Yorkers who feel neglected —regardless of who they are, where they come from, or how they identify. Our experienced teams provide comprehensive services, support, and advocacy that protect rights, keep families and communities together, and in many cases, saves lives.

To learn more click the link below:  

https://legalaidnyc.org/