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Legal Resources
Immigration Legal Assistance
Title | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
Citizenship Eligibility | Are you eligible to apply for U.S. citizenship? (PDF) | https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/guides/chapter4.pdf |
Immigration Legal Process | Naturalization, citizenship guides, and green card questions compiled by Boundless. | https://www.boundless.com/immigration-resources/ |
Know Your Rights | Know Your Rights resources, information, and guides on a variety of topics around immigrant rights from Make the Road New York. | https://maketheroadny.org/know-your-rights/ |
LGBTQ+ Immigrants and Asylum Seekers | Immigration Equality, an organization that provides legal assistance for LGBTQ+ and HIV-positive immigrants and asylum seekers in New York City. | https://immigrationequality.org/ |
National Immigration Legal Services Directory | List of organizations in NYC that handle a wide variety of immigration cases, compiled by the Immigration Advocates Network. | https://www.immigrationadvocates.org/nonprofit/legaldirectory/search?state=NY |
Pro-Bono Immigration Legal Services | Pro-bono lawyers and free legal immigration services in NY by Documented. | https://documentedny.com/2021/03/09/pro-bono-lawyers-and-free-legal-immigration-services-in-new-york/ |
Resources for Undocumented Immigrants | Legal resources available to undocumented, as well as documented, immigrants. | https://www.legalfinders.com/immigrants-legal-rights-guide/ |
Miscellaneous Legal Assistance
Anti-Asian Hate | Anti-discrimination toolkit for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) New Yorkers. | https://www1.nyc.gov/site/cchr/community/stop-asian-hate.page?emci=d92f4c70-d08d-eb11-85aa-00155d43c992&emdi=ea000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&ceid= |
Anti-Discrimination | Civil rights discrimination reporting. | https://civilrights.justice.gov |
Anti-Hate/Discrimination | The Attorney General urges those experiencing hate crimes and bias incidents to report them by emailing the Attorney General’s Civil Rights Bureau. | http://civil.rights@ag.ny.gov or call 1-800-771-7755 |
Business Law - VOLS Microenterprise Project | Pro-bono legal services for small business owners and microentrepreneurs/microenterprises, including immigrant-run businesses. Services include drafting contracts, reviewing government documents,and commercial leases. | https://volsprobono.org/projects/microenterprise/ |
Legal Service Orgs in NYC | List of NYC-based pro bono legal aid providers. | https://www.justia.com/lawyers/immigration-law/new-york/new-york-city/legal-aid-and-pro-bono-services |
NYCHR Report Discrimination | NYC Human Rights office discrimination reporting page (not an official complaint filing). | https://www1.nyc.gov/site/cchr/about/report-discrimination.page |
U.S. EEOC Report Discrimination | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reporting site for discrimination reporting at work. | https://www.eeoc.gov/filing-charge-discrimination |
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