Resource Library
Legal Information
-
American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Web Resources: Extensive legal research portals, regulation sources, and government law libraries.
-
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC): Manuals, guides, and training on immigration law for advocates and attorneys.
-
Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) Self-Help Legal Material: Official self-help guides, immigration court forms, court contacts, and pro se information.
-
National Immigration Law Center Resource Library: Expert-curated guides and toolkits focused on legal rights and policy.
-
Know Your Rights – ACLU: Up-to-date resources on immigrant rights and protections
Data and Statistics
-
USCIS Data Hub: Green cards, naturalization, asylum, refugee, DACA, TPS statistics.
-
ICE Public Data Portal: Detention, arrest, and deportation statistics.
-
CBP Monthly & Annual Reports: Border encounters and enforcement numbers.
-
EOIR Court Data: Immigration court case flow, asylum rulings, and backlog stats.
-
TRAC Immigration: FOIA-driven datasets on enforcement, court decisions, detention facilities, and judge asylum rates.
-
Pew Research Center Immigration: Demographic and unauthorized population analysis.
-
Migration Policy Institute Data Hub: State, national, and thematic immigration statistics and profiles.
-
Federal Reserve FRED Database: Wage and employment data for immigrant workers.
-
American Immigration Council State-by-State Fact Sheets: Interactive state immigration profiles.
-
National Immigration Legal Services Directory: List and map of nonprofit immigration legal service providers.
FOIA Requests and Templates
-
USCIS FOIA Sample Letter: Template for requesting records from USCIS.
-
EOIR FOIA Request Template: Sample for requesting court files from EOIR.
-
State Department FOIA Portal: Online system for submitting FOIA requests to the Department of State.
-
National FOIC Sample FOIA Letters: Examples for requesting records from federal, state, or local agencies
Reliable Organizations Serving Immigrant Communities
-
National Immigration Law Center (NILC): Legal advocacy, policy research, and community guides.
-
MiJente: A political home for Latinx and Chicanx people who seek racial, economic, gender, and climate justice.
-
United We Dream: Largest immigrant youth-led network in the U.S., activist news and resources.
-
American Immigration Council: Research, policy, advocacy, and legal tools.
-
U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI): National legal, health, and education services for refugees and immigrants.
-
Charity Navigator’s Top Immigrant/Refugee Organizations: List of highly rated charities and legal service providers, including HIAS, Upwardly Global, Hispanic Federation, Vera Institute, CHIRLA, and Catholic Charities.