Working with and educating immigrants, community organizations, and the legal sector to help build a democratic society that values diversity and the rights of all people. The ILRC trains attorneys, paralegals, and community-based advocates who work with immigrants around the country.

What We Do:

• Policy Advocacy
• Resources for Community & Advocates
• Practice Advisories
• Legal Listservs - Subscribe to an ILRC listserv to receive up-to-the-minute information on various areas of immigration law
• Publications and Training
• Red Cards - All people in the United States, regardless of immigration status, have certain rights and protections under the U.S. Constitution. The ILRC’s Red Cards help people assert their rights and defend themselves in many situations, such as when ICE agents go to a home.
• Technical Assistance/AOD

Areas of Expertise:

• Asylum
• Census
• Citizenship and Naturalization
• Crimes
• Detention
• DACA
• Enforcement
• Family-Based
• Immigrant Youth
• LGBT
• Post-Conviction Relief
• Prosecutors
• Public Charge
• Removal Defense
• U Visa/T Visa/VAWA

The increasingly complex legal and social challenges faced by immigrants in the 1970s created a growing need for expert assistance and training in immigration law and policy. Bill Ong Hing, a well-known immigrant rights attorney, recognized this need and founded the Golden Gate Immigration Clinic in 1979, which later became the Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC). The ILRC seeks to improve immigration law and policy, expand the capacity of legal service providers, and advance immigrant rights.

The ILRC trains attorneys, paralegals, and community-based advocates who work with immigrants around the country. We inform the media, elected officials, and public to shape effective and just immigration policy and law. Our staff works with grassroots immigrant organizations to promote civic engagement and social change.

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Health Services	Behavioral / Mental Health Family Conflict & Distress Grief / Loss Substance Use Teen Issues Womens / Mens Crisis / Safety Crisis / Safety / Prevention Emergency Preparedness
Language Spoken	Spanish

Last Updated: 12/15/21