Immigration Law Information and Assistance: By Issue

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To provide protection, ease suffering, and resolve the plight of persecuted and uprooted people around the world on behalf of the American people by providing life-sustaining assistance, working through multilateral systems to build global partnerships, promoting best practices in humanitarian response, and ensuring that humanitarian principles are thoroughly integrated into U.S. foreign and national security policy.

It serves as a forum to share information and analysis, to educate communities and the general public, and to develop and coordinate plans of action on important immigrant and refugee issues.

Provides information about the organization, its mission, goal and purpose, its history, how to join, how to support, and how to contact.

Further provides current news and updates, fact sheets, statements and reports.

Information about asylum, refugee, who is eligible, determinations, related forms, where and how to apply, etc.

Information about the center, funding, internships, current news.

Research topics include Belonging, formal status and changes in citizenship; Detention, deportation and the control of migration; Environmental change and mobility; Forced migration, international institutions and world politics; International law, human rights and displacement; Lives and livelihoods of forced migrants; Politics and practices of humanitarian response; State instability, development and forced migration.

Information about events & seminars, policy programmes, study& learning, publications, and resources.

Refugees International was started in 1979 as a citizens’ movement to protect Indochinese refugees.

Work includes Climate Displacement, Internal Displacement, Neglected Crises, Peacekeeping, Return and Reintegration, Statelessness, and Women's Rights.

The organization does work in Asia, Americas, Africa, and Middle East.

Information about the policy, news, and how to get involved.

Information is organized in various ways for browsing. Search is available.

Topics covered include Refugee Status Determination, Statelessness, Resettlement, Internally Displaced Persons, Migration, Children, Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, The UN Human Rights System, Gender Equality and Women, Detention, Voluntary Repatriation, and other Special Initiatives.

Work include refugee resettlements (Reception and Placement, Matching Grant, Preferred Communities, Burundian Refugees, Refugee Family, Strengthening), refugee rights (International Partnerships, Warehousing Campaign), and child migrants (Immigrant Childrens Lawyer Network, Become a Pro Bono Attorney, and
Refer A Child).

Information about the organization, its history, its success stories, and various resources available.

Founded in 1987, the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project is dedicated to expanding and enforcing the civil liberties and civil rights non-citizens and to combating public and private discrimination against immigrants. The IRP brings strategic impact litigation throughout the country; provides leadership and legal analysis on constitutional, civil rights and civil liberties issues to immigration advocates, community-based groups and the immigration bar; engages in advocacy and public education and supports the work of the ACLU's affiliates.

The goal of the American Immigration Council is to promote the prosperity and cultural richness of the U.S. It does this by educating U.S. citizens about the contributions immigrants make to the U.S., promoting sensible and humane immigration policies, insisting that U.S. immigration laws be enacted and implemented in a manner that adheres to constitutional and human rights, and working to achieve fairness and justice for immigrants.

Information about the organization, detention & deportation, SOS/Help, detention map, news & events, how to get involved, and contact information.

Information about the organization, its structure, history, and how to get involved.

Provides current news and updates, information about safety and health, children in the fields, job training, and variety of helpful resources including U.S. Government sites, child labor sites, and other online resource links.

Information about the organization, its purpose and structure. Information about farmworkers, facts sheets, migrant health monograph series, enumeration & population estimates, migrant health centers directories and legislation, library resources, training, health education, and other related online links and resources. Also available in Spanish.

Related linked topics: Labor Laws, Labor Legislation,
Labor Data, Worker Safety, Funding and Grants, Research Organizations, Jobs and Workers.

Part of the U.S. Department of Education.

Information about civil surgeons, their location, and related links to Vaccination Requirements, Civil Surgeon Letter: 2010 Update to Technical Instructions and Form I-693, Civil Surgeon Letter: HIV and Vaccination Update, Civil Surgeon Letter: Changes to TB Testing Requirements, Changes to the Vaccination Requirements for Purposes of Adjustment of Status and the Completion of Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record, Immigration Medical Examinations, and Find a Medical Doctor.

CARECEN was founded in 1981 to protect the rights of refugees arriving from conflict in Central America and to help ease their transition by providing legal services. Today our programs provide direct services in immigration, housing and citizenship while also promoting empowerment, civil rights advocacy and civic training for Latinos.

Provides information about the organization, its structure, and direct services, advocacy & community action, economic development, how to become a friend, calendar and resources.

Information about the organization and its goals, programs, advocacy, and other resources.

The mission of the ILRC is to work with and educate immigrants, community organizations, and the legal sector to continue to build a democratic society that values diversity and the rights of all people.

Civic engagements, technical assistance, policy & advocacy.

Trainings & Seminars, FAQ, Recorded Webinars, Publications, Catalog, Order Forms, Info on Immigration Law (Remedies for Immigrant Children and Youth, VAWA and U Visas, Criminal and Immigration Law, Citizenship and Naturalization, NACARA), BIA Accreditation, Policy & Advocacy, ILRC Policy Goals, ILRC Policy Action, Liaison Meetings with CIS, Combatting Immigration Fraud, Civic Participation, Inspiring Immigrant Leadership, DREAM Act,
Census 2010, For Immigrants / Para Inmigrantes, Know Your Rights, Community Resources for Immigrants, Civic Participation Packet, Immigration Fraud Awareness, Paralegal Training, News & Events, and how to contact and support the organization.

The goal of the American Immigration Council is to promote the prosperity and cultural richness of the U.S. It does this by educating U.S. citizens about the contributions immigrants make to the U.S., promoting sensible and humane immigration policies, insisting that U.S. immigration laws be enacted and implemented in a manner that adheres to constitutional and human rights, and working to achieve fairness and justice for immigrants.

Information about the agency, resources, IDP litigation, criminal immigration news, and links.

Provides policy and legislation updates, current news and information about federal agencies and news from the courts. Research in areas including Admissions, Border Enforcement, Citizenship & Civic Participation, Detention & Enforcement, Due Process, Health Care & Immigration Reform, Immigrants & Crime, Immigrants & the Economy, Immigration Reform, National Security, Public Benefits, Public Opinion, Refugees & Asylum, Immigration Restrictionists, State & Local Enforcement.

Also provides information on community resources including Citizenship & Civic Participation, Education & ESL, Employment & Entrepreneurship, Home Ownership & Finances, IDs & Licenses, Legal Services, Local Organizations, National Organizations, Public Benefits, Public Safety.

Publications include fact sheets, issues papers, and legislative analysis.

Issues addressed: BINATIONAL COUPLES, ASYLUM, TRANSGENDER ISSUES, HIV ISSUES, DETENTION.

Information about the organization, its structure and history. Information on how to get involved, immigration basics, publications and related resources.

Topics covered include: Legal Discrimination, Privacy and Family, Criminal Injustice, Crackdown on Activism, Safety and Security, and Trans, Intersex, Nonbinary Rights

Immigration projects include: Uniting American Families Act, Asylum for LGBT People and People with HIV and/or AIDS, Transsexual Spouses and Immigration, and the HIV Exclusion.

Information about the organization, how to get involved, where to get free help, publications and other information available for download.

CRIN envisions a world in which every child enjoys all of the human rights promised by the United Nations, regional organisations, and national governments alike.

Focus areas include: child survival and development, basic education and gender equality, HIV/AIDS and children, child protection, policy advocacy and partnerships.

Information is available by country or issue. Information about the organizations efforts worldwide.

Two listservs are available to keep up with the information: VAWAExperts and VAWAUpdates.

Topics covered: VAWA, U Visa, Inadmissibility, T Visa and Trafficking, Cases in Proceedings/Immigration Court.

View the events and trainings, recent news, and see how you can get involved.

Provides laws (US & Intl Case Law, Summaries, Guidelines, Briefs, UNHCR, Articles), assistance, country conditions information (resource links, experts and research), campaigns and news.

Areas of work include: Detention & Asylum, Disabilities, Fuel & Firewood, Gender, Livelihoods, Reproductive Health, Women, Peace & Security, Youth.

Information about the organization, its structure and purpose, programs, how to get involved, and news.

Text, history, states parties, reservations, country reports.

The information introduces women's human rights law in general, emphasizes selected international and Canadian topics, and explores the interconnections between domestic and international human rights law.

Research, teaching, symposiums, workshop series.

Provides information about the organization, its structure and goals, IMR, Archives, Education Center, Publications
Press Releases, CMS in the Media, and Web Links.

Designed for use by practitioners, policy makers, researchers, students or anyone interested in the field, FMO aims to give comprehensive information in an impartial environment and to promote increased awareness of human displacement issues to an international community of users.

Access to regional resources, thematic resources, digital library, journals, organizations, podcasts, videos, photos, policy briefings, working papers, events, and more.

Information about the organization, its mission, structure, projects, and goals. Offers facts and figures about migration as well as policy consideration and management of migration. It is involved in projects around the world, provides information on policy and research, law and publications.

Migration News, Rural Migration News, West Coast Program on S&E Workers, Changing Face Research & Seminars.

MPI provides analysis, development, and evaluation of migration and refugee policies at the local, national, and international levels. It aims to meet the rising demand for pragmatic and thoughtful responses to the challenges and opportunities that large-scale migration, whether voluntary or forced, presents to communities and institutions in an increasingly integrated world.

Covers research, national center on immigration integration policy, US immigration, EU immigration, migration & development, refugee protection, MPI data and resources, Migration Information Source online journal,