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Organizations that fight for immigrant rights, support Indigenous communities, promote the creative arts, and advance social justice.
Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law
The Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law (CHRCL) is a legal support center that advances and protects the rights of immigrants, refugees, children, and marginalized communities by providing training and technical support to direct legal service providers, pursuing impact litigation, and engaging in advocacy.
Caja Lúdica
We are a social organization founded in 2000. We promote training, organization and advocacy processes, contributing to the culture of peace focused on human rights in neighborhoods and communities of Guatemala, contributing to the reconstruction of the social fabric.
Consejo Estatal Para Las Culturas Y Las Artes – Gobierno de Chiapas
The State Council for Culture and the Arts of Chiapas is a public institution dedicated to promoting, preserving, and disseminating the state’s cultural and artistic expressions. Its work includes supporting artists, organizing cultural events, and managing public policies related to culture.
Families for Freedom
Families for Freedom (FFF) is a New York-based, multi-ethnic human rights organization founded in 2002 by families directly affected by U.S. immigration enforcement policies. It advocates for the repeal of laws enabling mandatory detention and deportation, providing direct support to immigrants facing removal through legal consultation, accompaniment to ICE check-ins, and resources like clothing, shelter, and help with immigration forms.
Wind of the Spirit
Our organization has been recognized and awarded nationally for the impact and work we reflect in our community, and the accomplishments we have achieved for the immigrant community in New Jersey over the years. Currently, our struggles are advancing in campaigns that seek the protection of the rights we have as immigrants and human beings.
National Day Laborer Organizing Network
NDLON improves the lives of day laborers, migrants and low-wage workers. We build leadership and power among those facing injustice so they can challenge inequality and expand labor, civil and political rights for all.
New York Communities for Change
Our work brings neighbors together to build community power. NYCC members use that power to improve their lives and their communities. We use direct action, legislative advocacy, and community organizing to fight for a safe and healthy New York.
Make the Road Action
Make the Road Action (MRA) builds political power rooted in working-class Latinx communities, promotes policy solutions that improve the lives of all working-class and low-income people, and strengthens the movement for justice through electoral and grassroots organizing to advance progressive political and policy change.
New Immigrant Community Empowerment
NICE’s mission is to create an organization that nurtures and strengthens the spirit of every immigrant who comes to this country. Our objective is for each immigrant to reach their maximum potential by developing skills for life and work, thus fostering the resilience and confidence necessary throughout their journey and prospering in their personal and professional lives.
Casa Freehold
Casa Freehold was founded in 2004 in response to the needs of a growing immigrant population.
Our Mission is to help new arrivals to this country become fully integrated and productive members of their new community. We strive to empower workers and their families by providing them with knowledge and resources relating to immigration, education, housing, health, employment and job safety.
Our Goal is to improve the well-being of the immigrant community through service and activism so that they can find a better life in the United States of America.
Immigrant Defense Project
IDP engages in targeted litigation, primarily before the federal courts, in support of challenges to deportations and other adverse immigration consequences based on criminal convictions and arrests. By supporting litigants before the Supreme Court and Circuit Courts of Appeals, we seek to create good law through the judiciary to help immigrants remain in the United States with their communities and families.
American Friends Service Committee
AFSC works with communities worldwide to challenge injustice and build conditions for lasting peace. We are steadfast in our commitment to nonviolence and our belief in the transformative power of love to overcome conflict and oppression.
Border Network for Human Rights
The Border Network for Human Rights (BNHR) is one of the leading immigration reform and human rights advocacy organizations in the United States.
Based in El Paso, Texas, the BNHR has a membership of more than 1,000 families, or close to 7,000 individuals, in West Texas and Southern New Mexico. It also helps organize other civic-minded groups along the border and is the force behind the Texas-wide We Will Resist Coalition (formerly known as the Reform Immigration for Texas Alliance).
Border Angels
Detention Watch Network
Detention Watch Network is a national membership organization that brings together advocates from diverse backgrounds to unify strategy, build partnerships and strengthen the movement to end immigration detention.
New York Immigrant Coalition
The New York Immigration Coalition, a state-wide member-led coalition of immigrant and refugee organizations, works to transform the lives of all New Yorkers by strengthening and building our members’ power, organizing and educating our communities and the public, and using our collective voice to advocate for opportunity and justice.
Mixteca Organization, Inc.
Mixteca has supported the Sunset Park community since the early AIDS crisis. Founded in 2000 by Dr. Gabriel Rincón, the organization aimed to address the lack of Spanish-language HIV/AIDS information affecting immigrants in New York City.
Mixteca is a non-profit community center providing free health and education programs to Mexican immigrants. Its mission is to eliminate cultural, social, and economic barriers, helping Latino families find support and resources for success and adaptation in the city.
www.mixteca.org
Hispanic Resource Center
The National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families conducts research to improve programs and policies for Hispanic children and low-income families. It focuses on poverty reduction, economic self-sufficiency, child care and early education (including programs like Head Start and CCDF), and family dynamics.
The Center also builds research capacity by supporting emerging scholars. It is led by Child Trends, in partnership with several universities.
Asociation Tepeyac De Nueva York
The Tepeyac Association is a non-profit network of 40 organizations dedicated to promoting the welfare and human rights of Latino immigrants, particularly undocumented individuals in New York City. After the World Trade Center disaster, the association advocated for affected immigrants, including those from Mexico and other Latin American countries. This collection highlights the impact of the disaster on undocumented immigrants and showcases programs created by the association to address their needs.
Cabrini Immigrant Services of NYC
Cabrini Immigrant Services NYC provides essential services to immigrants in the spirit of Mother Cabrini. We empower immigrants, their families, and communities through education, access to essential services, civic participation, and community strengthening. We work alongside the immigrant community to create a more inclusive society by promoting justice, dignity, and respect.
Catholic Charities Community Services-Legal Services for Immigrants, Inc (NY)
It is an immigration legal services program for immigrants in the state of New York, including both documented and undocumented individuals. It offers legal counseling, representation, and assistance with citizenship applications, work permits, residency petitions, and immigration court support. The program focuses on helping low-income individuals and provides services at various locations, including New York City and other areas of the state.
Catholic Migration Services – (Brooklyn Office)
Catholic Migration Services is focused on “welcoming the stranger in our midst,” by being committed to empowering underserved immigrant communities regardless of religion or ethnicity. We provide high quality legal services, education, and advocacy to immigrants to advance equality and social justice in a changing and diverse population.
Hispanic Federation
Hispanic Federation (HF) is the nation’s premier Latino nonprofit membership organization. Founded in 1990, HF seeks to empower and advance the Hispanic community, support Hispanic families, and strengthen Latino institutions through work in the areas of education, health, immigration, civic engagement, economic empowerment, and climate justice.
Hispanic Federation serves as a national model for Latino social, political, and economic empowerment. With a strong presence in New York, Florida, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, and other key states throughout the U.S., HF works to uplift millions of Hispanic children, youth, and families across the country. In addition, our Washington, DC office gives HF a true national advocacy presence. HF works locally, state-wide, and nationally to strengthen Latino nonprofits, promote public policy advocacy, and bring to scale a portfolio of innovative community programs.
UnLocal
UnLocal aims to address the fundamental injustices and structural inequities that disproportionately impact immigrant communities. We are a community-centered non-profit organization that provides direct immigration legal representation, community education, outreach, and advocacy for New York’s undocumented immigrants. UnLocal is dedicated to creating sustainable structures that build collective power and allow us to flourish.
www.unlocal.org
The New Sanctuary Coalition of New York City
New Sanctuary springs from New York’s faith-based and social justice communities and forms a unique family of citizens and immigrants, bound by a love of humanity and mutual respect. Operating for a decade on less-than-shoestring budgets, NSC has helped thousands families. With the help of our donors and volunteers, our work expands as we continue to win victories with and for people facing deportation every day.
www.newsanctuarynsc.org
The Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO)
The Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO), founded in 1967 by progressive church leaders and activists, is the first national foundation led by people of color.
For over 40 years, IFCO has supported community organizations and public policy groups fighting for justice and self-determination by providing technical assistance, training organizers, administering grants and using its global network of grassroots organizers, clergy and other professionals to advance the struggles for justice and self determination of the oppressed.
IFCO’s mission is to support marginalized communities by contributing to the advancement of human and civil rights. Provide tools, training, and resources to support community-building and advocacy efforts.
Scalabrini International Migration Network
SIMN’s mission is to safeguard and promote the dignity and rights of migrants, refugees, internally displaced persons, and seafarers worldwide. SIMN fulfills its mission through an extensive network of think tanks, social service centers, shelters, nursing homes, orphanages, clinics, kindergartens, schools, employment centers, and cultural centers. SIMN works closely with other organizations at the local, national, and international levels, promoting comprehensive service programs and advocating for the dignity and rights of migrants and their families.
www.simn-global.org
Immigrant Hope-Brooklyn NY
Immigrant Hope is a non-profit organization affiliated with the Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA), created to further the EFCA mission of “multiplying transformational churches among all people.”
Our mission is to equip and resource churches to provide immigrants with the HOPE of the gospel, HELP finding a path to legal residency and a HOME in a church that cares for their needs. We work with churches that have a heart for reaching immigrants in their community, helping them assess community needs and church resources, build strategic partnerships and walk through the process of becoming
Department of Justice (DOJ) recognized immigration legal service providers. Our ultimate goal is not just to help immigrants find citizenship in this country; we want to help them find eternal citizenship in the Kingdom of God through Christ Jesus.
Immigrant Justice Corp
The first and only fellowship of its kind, Immigrant Justice Corps (IJC) identifies promising lawyers and advocates passionate about immigration, places them with legal services and community-based organizations where they can make the greatest difference and supports them with training and expert insights as they directly assist immigrants in need.
IJC’s mission is to recruit, train, and populate the immigration field with the highest quality legal advocates to create a new generation of leaders with a lifelong commitment to immigrant justice.
Mercy Center
Mercy Center creates opportunities for women, men and families in the South Bronx to grow and thrive through education, family, civic, social and economic programs. We build community with a spirit of hospitality, respect and equity in the tradition of the Sisters of Mercy.
Mercy Center has developed into a trusted community resource for the predominantly low-income, immigrant residents of our Mott Haven neighborhood and other areas of the Bronx. Through our programs, we partner with women, men, and families as they address challenges faced by low-income immigrants, including their need for English language skills, adult education, financial coaching, affordable child care, family strengthening, and immigration assistance.
NDS-Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem
The Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem (NDS) is renowned for its innovative, community-based public defense practice. Since 1990, NDS has pioneered the holistic model, offering clients a full team of support, including criminal and civil attorneys, social workers, investigators, paralegals, and pro bono attorneys.
This approach addresses not only legal issues but also the underlying factors that lead clients into the criminal justice system, aiming to completely disentangle them from it.
Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights
The Coalition provides a vast array of family-based immigration services including one-on-one legal consultations and application assistance on issues such as: adjustment of legal status, filing for citizenship and naturalization and family-based petitions. Consultations are offered in a trusting and confidential atmosphere.
Each consultation, led by our highly experienced paralegals, includes an extensive intake process, assistance with filing petitions and making referrals, depending on the need. In 1996 with the passage of repressive immigration laws severely curtailing the rights of non-citizens, the Coalition responded to the dramatic rise in detentions and deportations of legal permanent residents with the establishment of partnerships with pro-bono attorneys at Legal Aid Society and the Columbia Law School Legal Clinic.
The Door-A Center of Alternatives, Inc.
The Door’s mission is to empower young people to reach their potential by providing comprehensive youth development services in a diverse and caring environment. We serve up to 11,000 youth annually across our four New York City locations, including our lower Manhattan and South Bronx youth centers and two supportive housing sites on the Lower East Side. Broome Street Academy (BSA), a charter high school embedded at The Door, enrolls up to 330 students and prioritizes applicants who are experiencing housing instability or have been involved in the child welfare system.
Urban Justice Center
UJC consists of numerous long-standing Anchor Projects that address critical issues such as homelessness, discrimination, asylum, and intimate partner violence, serving tens of thousands annually. Each project is led by field experts who combine legal services, impact litigation, social services, community organizing, advocacy, and training to create change. Through its Social Justice Accelerator, UJC also supports new projects, helping them navigate early challenges and directly influence change in their areas of focus.
Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice, Inc.-Center for Community Justice
Guided by a prophetic faith, YMPJ’s purpose is to transform both the people and the physical infrastructure of blighted South Bronx neighborhoods and change the systems that negatively impact them.
Founded in 1994, the mission of Youth Ministries for Peace & Justice (YMPJ) is to rebuild the neighborhoods of Bronx River and Soundview/Bruckner in the South Bronx by preparing our community to become prophetic voices for peace and justice. We accomplish this through political education, spiritual formation, and youth and community development and organizing.
New York Regional Office-La Raza
La Raza Community Resource Center is a bilingual, multi-service, non-profit organization dedicated to meeting the social service, immigration, educational, and leadership development needs of low-income families and individuals.
The majority of La Raza participants are Spanish-speaking families and individuals of all ages, living in the Mission District of San Francisco and the greater Bay Area. But we serve a diverse body of individuals from the vast and various ethnic groups in the community. The agency provides city wide services, and is located in Centro Del Pueblo, which houses several non-profit agencies.
Make the Road New York (MRNY)
An organization that empowers immigrant and working-class communities in New York to achieve justice and dignity through community organizing, education, policy innovation, and survival services. It offers legal services, immigrant assistance programs, adult education, leadership development, and health support, and operates community centers in neighborhoods with high immigrant populations.
https://maketheroadny.org/
Homies Unidos
Our mission is to promote peace and reduce violence through collaboration in immigrant & system-impacted communities in Los Angeles & their countries of origin by empowering new immigrant leaders to become advocates for justice & equality
Los Angeles Organizations
CARECEN
CARECEN, the largest Central American immigrant rights organization in the country, empowers Central Americans and all immigrants by defending human and civil rights, working for social and economic justice, and promoting cultural diversity. We envision Los Angeles becoming a place where Central Americans and all other communities live in peace and dignity, enjoying economic well-being, social justice, and political empowerment.
CARECEN empowers Central Americans and all immigrants by defending human and civil rights, working for social and economic justice and promoting cultural diversity.
Public Council
Public Counsel is a nonprofit public interest law firm dedicated to advancing civil rights and racial and economic justice, as well as to amplifying the power of our clients through comprehensive legal advocacy.
Founded on and strengthened by a pro bono legal service model, our staff and volunteers seek justice through direct legal services, promote healthy and resilient communities through education and outreach, and support community-led efforts to transform unjust systems through litigation and policy advocacy in and beyond Los Angeles.
CHIRLA
Founded in 1986, CHIRLA advocates for the human and civil rights of immigrants and refugees. Initially led by Father Luis Olivares, a key figure in the Sanctuary movement, CHIRLA has grown into one of the largest immigrant rights organizations. It organizes, educates, and defends immigrants through community engagement, legal action, and policy advocacy, aiming to promote human, civil, and labor rights for all.
Angels Flight Shelter
Angel’s Flight provides emergency shelter for homeless, runaway, and at-risk youth and offers essential services, including food, medical care, clothing, transportation, case management, counseling, educational assessment, and classroom learning.
Angel’s Flight accepts youth, ages 10 through 17 years old who have run from home, have become homeless, or are at risk. The goal is to reunite youth with their families or refer them to a licensed group home or foster care setting..
www.catholiccharitiesla.org/angels-flight-for-runaway-and-homeless-youth
mmacias@angelsflightla.org
MALDEF-The Latin Legal Voice For Civil Rights in America
Founded in 1968, MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) is the nation’s leading Latino legal civil rights organization.
Our commitment is to protect and defend the rights of all Latinos living in the United States and the constitutional rights of all Americans. MALDEF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
cgutierrez@maldef.org
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
The National Network is a coalition of local groups, including immigrant, refugee, civil rights, labor, and religious organizations. It serves as a platform to share information, educate communities, and coordinate action on key immigrant and refugee issues. The Network promotes just immigration policies and defends the rights of all immigrants, advocating for equality and justice, and ensuring the full labor, civil, and human rights of immigrant and refugee communities.
Program for Torture Victims
The Program for Torture Victims (PTV), based in Los Angeles and Orange County, California, supports survivors of torture and human rights abuses. Founded in 1980, it was the first torture treatment center in North America and is part of the National Consortium of Torture Treatment Programs.
PTV offers trauma-informed mental health and medical care, case management, legal assistance, forensic evaluations, and expert testimony. It also provides peer support networks, leadership programs, and arts-based healing for immigrant communities. Additionally, PTV offers training for professionals working with torture survivors.
www.healtorture.org/healing-centers/program-for-torture-victims-los-angeles/
Esperanza Immigrant Rights Services
The Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project is a program of Catholic Charities of Los Angeles, and over the past 15 years, it has become one of the leading immigration-focused public interest organizations in the United States.
Esperanza is made up of a dedicated team of staff, interns, and volunteers who work together to advance the rights of vulnerable immigrants through education, representation, and advocacy.
Their mission is to serve some of the most vulnerable people in the Los Angeles area—immigrants facing deportation. At Esperanza, they firmly believe that immigrant rights are human rights.
www.esperanza-la.org