The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) is the national association of more than 15,000 attorneys and law professors who practice and teach immigration law. AILA member attorneys represent:

• U.S. families seeking permanent residence for close family members
• U.S. businesses seeking talent from the global marketplace
• Foreign students, entertainers, athletes, and asylum seekers, often on a pro bono basis

Founded in 1946, AILA is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization that provides continuing legal education, information, professional services, and expertise through its 39 chapters and over 50 national committees.

Websites:

• AILA - https://www.aila.org/

The California Immigrant Policy Center (CIPC) is a constituent-based statewide immigrant rights organization with offices in Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego and Oakland. It is the premiere immigrant rights institution in the state that promotes and protects safety, health and public benefits and integration programs for immigrants, and one of the few organizations that effectively combines legislative and policy advocacy, strategic communications, organizing and capacity building to pursue its mission. It is powered by a staff of policy experts and advocates; a Steering Committee composed of 14 statewide organizations; 85 member organizations; and nine regional coalition partners spanning Southern and Northern California, the Central Coast and the Central Valley.

For the past 20 years, CIPC has played a central and essential role in advancing a progressive statewide immigrant justice agenda. For the past 5 years, it helped pass 30 pro-immigrant laws in the state, including: The Safe… [read more]

CHIRLA organizes and serves individuals, institutions and coalitions to build power, transform public opinion, and change policies to achieve full human, civil and labor rights.

CHIRLA is recognized by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) to provide immigration legal services at low-cost to its members. All legal staff and volunteers at CHIRLA are supervised by licensed attorneys, BIA-accredited representatives, Juris Doctors, and trained paralegals. CHIRLA's Legal Services Department has helped thousands of individuals to become citizens, reunite with their families and apply to become a DACA beneficiary.

CHIRLA's Community Education and Outreach section provides free information, group seminars, presentations, and workshops on Coalition Building, Policy, Civic Engagement, Worker's Rights, Community/Police Relations and other social services relevant to our immigrant community.

CHIRLA's Resources section provides a Know Your Rights Tool Kit as well as a Family Preparedness Plan and ot… [read more]

EMPLEO addresses the concerns of recent immigrants who are not familiar with their workplace rights and responsibilities in the U.S.

EMPLEO is an alliance of community and non-governmental organizations along with state, local, and federal agencies, and the Central American and Mexican consulates providing information and assistance on employment related issues. EMPLEO provides employers and employees with information on federal and state workplace laws.

The EMPLEO program has Spanish-speaking volunteers trained by the partner organizations that can and do assist workers. These volunteers do not work for any governmental agency. They refer callers to the appropriate organization, consulate, or state or federal agency for help. Callers can leave a message in Spanish that will be returned promptly if a volunteer is not immediately available to answer a call.

If you experience problems at work, as follows, help is available for free:

• Discrimination of any kind (gender, race, natio…

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ICE Out of California's website aims to identify the current trends in collaboration between local law enforcement and ICE, so community members and advocates can strategically push ICE out of California. 

In 2014, community organizers and advocates successfully passed the California TRUST Act. This law provided the foundation to begin disentangling ICE from local law enforcement. Now, communities are mobilizing to build upon the TRUST Act’s protections to ensure that families and communities remain unified. 

Their website is designed to help communities throughout California expand the TRUST Act‘s protections and push ICE out of California.  As we continue to separate local law enforcement from ICE, we can further strengthen our communities and restore trust between the community and local law enforcement. 

ICE Out of California Hotline-If you or a loved one have been the victim of an ICE raid, have been directly transferred from jail to immigration detention, or are the victim of a TRU… [read more]

The ILRC provides information regrading immigration.

Some topics that are covered are:

• Asylum
• Citizenship and Naturalization
• Crimes
• DACA/DAPA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals)
• Enforcement
• Family-Based
• Immigrant Youth
• LGBT
• Removal Defense
• U Visa/T Visa/VAWA.

The ILRC does not provide direct legal services or individual legal consultations.

The Immigration Advocates Network (IAN) is a collaborative effort of leading immigrants' rights organizations designed to increase access to justice for immigrants and strengthen the capacity of organizations serving them. IAN promotes more effective and efficient communication, collaboration, and services among immigration advocates and organizations by providing free, easily accessible and comprehensive online resources and tools.

A Few Categories on the IAN Website Include:

National Immigration Legal Services Directory
Search for immigration legal services providers by state, county, or detention facility. Only nonprofit organizations that provide free or low-cost immigration legal services are included in this directory.

Library
Browse substantive materials and training manuals to help guide your legal advocacy.

Calendar
Discover local immigration trainings and events, as well as webinars and teleconferences.

News
Track what's happening around the country with daily news on a wide range of… [read more]

California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. (CRLA) provides free legal assistance to persons whose income and assets are below certain guidelines and we offer a range of services from advice and referral, to representation in litigation. We handle a variety of civil matters with emphasis on labor, housing, rural education, and income maintenance/access to benefits.

This is one of many possible First 5 Nevada County Ready to Grow (R2G) program resources.

The Legal Help Center provides legal and procedural information and assistance with court forms to self represented litigants with cases in or who reside in Placer County. They cannot assist litigants who are represented by attorneys. The Legal Help Center does not represent customers in court. The services are not confidential. They assist both sides of the case equally. To get legal advice or have a confidential conversation, you must speak with a private attorney. All services of the Legal Help Center are free of charge.
The Legal Help Center will attempt to steer you in the right direction in any type of case. The bulk of the issues they help customers with are:

• family law
• child support
• evictions
• small claims

The most frequently provided services are listed by type of law on Legal Help Center's website and provide instructions and links if you want to try to do the paperwork yourself. They are happy to provide in-person assistance by appointment at the Self Help Center located at th… [read more]

Legal and Mediation 
Legal and mediation support is available by appointment.

Please check our website and social media for updates.

See below for COVID-19 resources for the immigrant community.

This is one of many possible First 5 Nevada County Ready to Grow (R2G) program resources. Ready to Grow resources are those that support the well-being of children ages 0-5.

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The Mediation and Legal Assistance Program provides free and reduced cost legal services in a clinic setting for civil legal matters.

All services are available in multiple languages and available on a sliding scale. Sierra Community House will not discriminate against anyone based on actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender, or disability.

LEGAL ASSISTANCE
We provide advice sessions or “limited scope representation,” which will give you the information you need to move forward… [read more]