Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center

Las Americas strives to provide high quality and zealous legal representation to immigrants and refugees who are facing deportation, family separation, displacement in a third country, prolonged immigration detention or have been victimized and eligible for relief. The first step for each program is to provide an initial consultation. The priority for detained individuals is to arrange a bond hearing, or parole before Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Even if the effort to obtain release is unsuccessful, Las Americas advocates for clients while in detention so that their mental and physical health needs are not ignored by the detention facility. Las Americas can focus on providing various legal services that the client and attorney deem necessary. Not every client needs the same type of services; therefore each program is dedicated to providing for the unique needs of each client. The Crime Victims Program provides legal services for undocumented victims of domestic abuse, as well as for victims of crime or human trafficking through U-Visas and T-visas. The Non-Detained General Immigration Relief Program is dedicated to family reunification by providing services such as adjustments of status, naturalization, work permits, and deferred action and focuses on the general legal services that our clients need in the areas of naturalization, Deferred Action Childhood Arrival (DACA), family petitions, removal defense, education and outreach. Our new Remain in Mexico defense program is dedicated to asylum seekers who are now forced to stay in Mexico while they await their proceedings in the United States. A novel program by the US government that has rendered people vulnerable to dangers in Mexico such as kidnapping and rape. Las Americas helps represent people in their asylum case or helps people obtain a parole into the United States by proving that people are particular vulnerable in Mexico.

Las Americas is a non-profit organization whose sole purpose is to provide Immigrant advocacy services to a community that is in great need of these services that would usually cost more than our clients would be able to pay for. In order to maintain our availability of services to the community, Las Americas designated a team of volunteers and interns to run a development program for the organization. The development program is responsible for the major fundraisers, application to vital grants, and donations, all of which assist the three main programs Las Americas has to offer. The funds acquired are dispersed among the three programs in order to maintain our organizations availability to individuals who may need them upon short notice.

Las Americas is comprised of 7 attorney, 2 full time accredited representatives, paralegals and small admin team that keeps us operational. Those in leadership roles still assume direct legal representation in order to continue to meet the needs our community is facing.