Colorado Non-Profits: Free or Low Cost Legal Immigration Services Last Updated On: 11/30/2016

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1 Colorado Non-Profits: Free or Low Cost Legal Immigration Services Last Updated On: 11/30/2016 Below is a directory of Colorado organizations that offer free or low cost immigration services. Representation is not guaranteed. The organizations below have agreed to be included in this directory, but that does not mean they must represent you. You are encouraged to call several attorneys to find one who is willing to work with you and who you can afford. Representation is a mutual decision that is left to you and the attorney. No endorsement or recommendation is made of any organization or attorney. This directory is not an attorney referral service, but is merely offered to assist you in narrowing your choices in selecting an attorney. Abajo se encuentra un directorio de las organizaciones que ofrecen los servicios de inmigración gratis o de coste bajo. La representación no está garantizada. Las organizaciones (abajo listados) están de acuerdo de ser incluidos en este directorio, pero esto no significa que ellos deban representarle. Usted debe animarse para hablar con algunos abogados hasta encontrar alguno que pueda ofrecer el trabajar con usted, y que usted pueda pagar. La representación es una decisión mutua que se hace entre usted y el abogado. No se aprueba, ni tampoco se recomienda ningún abogado. Este directorio parcial no es un directorio de recomendación de servicios, es simplemente una alternativa para ayudarlo en su búsqueda en seleccionar a un abogado. STATEWIDE Colorado Legal Services, Specialized Immigration Services 1905 Sherman St., Ste 400 Denver, CO Free assistance to low-income individuals with VAWA/U/T visa applications throughout the state. o VAWA/U visas o karreola@colegalserv.org o Phone: Fax: o ** Denver Metro Area Subject to Waitlist Human Trafficking/Labor Exploitation: T and U visa applications, criminal justice advocacy, civil litigation, community education and technical assistance. Contact person: Pat Medige, pmedige@colegalserv.org, Phone:

2 DENVER METRO AREA Catholic Charities Immigration Services -Denver Archdiocese of Denver - BIA Accredited 4045 Pecos St. Denver, Colorado Phone: (303) Website: Offers consultations on a walk in basis on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9 a.m. or 1 p.m. Consultation Fee: $35 Provides representation in the following areas: family visa processing, naturalization/citizenship, U Visas/VAWA, deportation defense, and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Offers translations, outreach services and educational materials. Low fees vary for certain services. Colorado African Organization 6795 E. Tennessee Ave. Ste 250 Denver, CO Phone: (303) Fax: (303) Website: Provides fee-based low bono legal services to refugees and asylees: o Refugee Adjustment of Status o Naturalization o Certificate of Citizenship o Replacement Green Cards o Refugee Travel Documents o Refugee and Asylee Work Authorization o Consultations Provides social services referrals to refugee and asylee communities Legal Night at Centro San Juan Diego 2830 Lawrence Street Denver, CO Phone: (303) Website: 2

3 Centro s Legal Night offers free legal information from volunteer attorneys in the following areas: immigration, credit, housing, employment, landlord/tenant issues, and family law. Legal Night occurs on the 1 st Wednesday of each month from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. City of Littleton Immigrant Resource Center 6014 S. Datura St. Littleton, CO Phone: (303) Fax: (303) pmcshiras@littletongov.org Website: Assists low-income individuals with naturalization processes by completing forms and filing with USCIS. Helps renew green cards and complete medical and fee waivers as part of the naturalization process if necessary. Does not currently offer assistance with family based petitions, but will likely do so in the future. Offers ESL and Citizenship classes. Provides other legal services and referrals to social services. Consultations Fee: $40 if client qualifies for a fee waiver Charges nominal fees on a sliding scale for legal services. Colorado Legal Services, Migrant Farm Worker Division 1905 Sherman St., Ste. 400 Denver, CO Toll free: (800) Office Phone:(303) Fax: (303) jrodriguez@colegalserv.org Website: Provides legal services to migrant farm workers throughout the state. Represents farm workers in immigration cases such as naturalization, lawful permanent resident renewal, and a limited number of removal defense cases. Helps migrant farm workers who are victims of crimes, domestic violence, and trafficking obtain adjustment of status. Also represents migrant farm workers in civil rights, wage disputes, contract enforcement, working conditions, and housing cases. 3

4 The Center for Trauma & Resilience (formerly Denver Center for Crime Victims) P.O. Box Denver, CO Phone: Website: Assists survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking with U Visa and VAWA cases. Justice and Mercy Legal Aid Clinic (JAMLAC) 913 Wyandot Street Denver, CO Phone: (303) Fax: (303) info@milehighmin.org Website: Provides monthly legal clinics at 7 locations throughout the Denver Metro area. All services are Spanish/English bilingual. Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains - Immigration Legal Services 1600 Downing St., Suite 600 Denver, CO Toll-free: Office: (303) Fax: (720) info@lfsrm.org Website: Serves low-income immigrant newcomers, specifically refugees, asylees, Cuban parolees, victims of trafficking, and SIV holders. Provides legal counseling in family based immigration and naturalization law. Charges nominal fees. Legal Night at Mi Casa Resource Center Sponsored by Colorado Lawyers Committee and Denver Bar Association with the Young Lawyers Division 360 Acoma Street Denver, CO Phone: (303) Website: 4

5 Mi Casa s Legal Night offers free legal information from volunteer attorneys in the following areas: credit, employment, family, immigration, housing, and landlord/ tenant issues. Legal Night occurs on the 3rd Tuesday of each month from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Spanish interpreters provided. Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (RMIAN) 3489 West 72 nd Avenue, Suite 211 Westminster, CO Phone: (303) RMIAN Hotline (for detained individuals): (303) Website: RMIAN s Detention Program provides free legal services to individuals in immigration detention at the GEO-ICE detention center in Aurora, Colorado. Provides daily know-your-rights presentations at the detention center, individual intakes, and pro se workshops. Refers meritorious cases involving low-income individuals to pro bono attorneys or its in-house Direct Representation Project. RMIAN s Children s Program provides free immigration legal services to low-income children and youth throughout Colorado. Provides community education, technical assistance, and legal trainings on children s immigration legal issues. RMIAN s Social Service Project works collaboratively with the Detention Program to provide holistic, wrap-around social services to clients in immigration detention. RMIAN s Anti-Human Trafficking Project works in collaboration with RMIAN s Detention and Children s Programs to support detained immigration adults and immigrant children who are survivors of human trafficking. Provides community education and training on human trafficking and T visas. Together Colorado, DACA Clinic 1980 Dahlia Street Denver, CO Phone: (720) DACAColorado@gmail.com Website: Offers DACA workshops twice a month Open to any eligible DACA applicant Call, text, or to reserve a spot $40 suggested donation 5

6 Mil Mujeres Legal Services 1600 Downing Street, Suite 310A Denver, CO Phone :( 720) Website: Mil Mujeres is an organization that offers immigration legal services to low-income individuals in the Latino community. We specialize in immigration benefits for survivors of violent crimes in the United States. Assists low-income individuals who have been the victim of crimes in the United States and are looking for immigration help. Provides representation in applying for and matters related to U-Visas T-Visas, VAWA Self-Petitions & Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Free consultation by appointment BOULDER COUNTY Immigrant Legal Center of Boulder County 948 North St. Boulder, CO Phone: (303) Fax: (303) Website: For an appointment, call or Belen Pargas Solis at Offers private, legal consultations in Spanish and English relating to immigration issues. All consultations provided by Spanish-proficient licensed attorneys. Provides representation for family cases, including adjustment of status, consular processing; citizenship, temporary protected status, renewals, and removal of conditions on residence. Participates in Boulder County Free Legal Clinics" Offers low-cost Translation / Interpretation assistance. Consultation Fee: $50 ($40 for Boulder County residents) Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) legal assistance for low-income clients. Fee: $265 for initial applicants, $115 for renewal applicant Other fees depend on services needed. 6

7 El Comite de Longmont 455 Kimbark St. Longmont, CO Phone: (303) Website: Offers naturalization workshops every three months. Provides referrals for legal services. Pro bono attorneys hold regular appointments in the El Comite office offering consultation in the areas of immigration, criminal, small claims, and bankruptcy law. $10 fee (or free if individual cannot pay) SafeHouse Progressive Alliance for Non-Violence 835 North Street Boulder, CO hour crisis line: (303) Office: (303) The Immigrant Advocacy program offers general information about immigration issues to domestic violence survivors and refers immigrants to immigration resources including legal representation. Provides immigration clinics, where SPAN clients can confidentially consult with an immigration attorney about immigration issues related directly or indirectly to abuse. Spanish assistance is available Professor Violeta Chapin University of Colorado Law School Criminal/Immigration Defense Clinic Wolf Law Building, Clinical Suites Boulder, CO Phone: (303) Professor Chapin and her law students represent noncitizen clients who are navigating both criminal and immigration matters at the same time. Law students represent noncitizen clients who have been charged with misdemeanor offenses in Boulder County. Should the client have current or prospective removal proceedings in immigration court as well, the Clinic can assist with removal defense. Prof. Chapin and her students have also 7

8 assisted clients who applied for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and can meet with past and current DACA recipients to discuss potential avenues for alternative immigration relief given that the DACA program may no longer exist under the new administration. The Clinic only operates during the academic school year, from late August-early May, taking most cases in the Fall, from August through December. The Clinic is not open during the summer months, but prospective clients may leave messages year-round with the Clinic s office manager, Carrie Armknecht, at (303) COLORADO SPRINGS Catholic Charities Family Immigration Services The Catholic Pastoral Center 228 North Cascade Ave. Colorado Springs, CO Phone: (719) eflorestapia@ccharitiescc.org Website: Consultation by appointment only. Consultation fee: $50, which can be waived based on need. Provides legal immigration services in several areas such as family visa processing, naturalization/citizenship, U Visas/VAWA, refugee/asylum, and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Offers citizenship classes and English as a Second Language classes for adults. ROUTT COUNTY Integrated Community P.O. Box Oak Street Steamboat Springs, CO WELD COUNTY Catholic Charities Immigration Services - Northern Colorado (Office in Greeley) 1442 N. 11 th Ave. Greeley, CO

9 Phone: (303) Website: Consultation by appointment only Consultation Fee: $50 Provides representation in the following areas: family visa processing, naturalization/citizenship, U Visas/VAWA, deportation defense, and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Offers outreach services, and educational materials. Low fees vary for certain services. Greeley Legal Night Our Lady of Peace Church rd Street Greeley, CO Phone: (970) ourladyofpeacegreeley@msn.com Greeley s Legal Night offers free legal information from volunteer attorneys in the following areas: immigration, credit, housing, employment, landlord/tenant issues, and family law. Legal Night occurs on the 4 th Tuesday of every other month from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. PUEBLO Catholic Charities of Pueblo Immigration Services Office 429 W. 10th St. Pueblo, CO Toll-free: (800) Office phone: (719) /(719) Fax:(719) ainfo@pueblocharities.org Website: Immigration Services program offers BIA accredited assistance in family related immigration. There it no attorney on staff. Services include: Adjustment of Status, family-based petitions, waivers of inadmissibility, green card renewal, consular processing, Deferred Action for Childhood 9

10 Arrivals (DACA), Temporary Protected Status (TPS), Naturalization, U visas, and Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions. Consultation Fee: $50 Charges nominal fees SOUTHERN COLORADO San Luis Valley Immigrant Resource Center 225 6th Street, Suite B P.O. Box 1534 Alamosa, CO Phone: (719) Fax: (719) irc@slvirc.org Website: Provides the following legal services: naturalization, adjustment of status, family petitions, conditional residency, resident card renewal, visa processing, and affidavits of support. Consultation Fee: $50 (no one is turned away for inability to pay) Charges low fees (no one is turned away for inability to pay) Helps immigrant domestic violence victims obtain VAWA and U-Visas through the center s Por Ti Misma Assisting Battered Immigrants program. VAWA Self-Petition cases are always free services. WESTERN SLOPE Catholic Charities Immigration Services - Western Slope (Office in Glenwood Springs) 1004 Grand Ave. Glenwood Springs, CO Phone: (970) ; (303) Website: Consultation by appointment only. Consultation Fee: $50 Provides representation in the following areas: family visa processing, naturalization/citizenship, U Visas/VAWA, deportation defense, and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Offers translations, outreach services, and educational materials. 10

11 Low fees vary for certain services. Hispanic Affairs Project, HAP 300 N. Cascade Avenue Suite C4 Montrose, CO Website: HAP is a non-profit organization providing leadership development, advocacy and the provision of key services as Immigration Legal assistance for low income families under the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA-DOJ). - Consultation by appointment only. - Consultation Fee: $50 - Provides representation in family-base cases, mostly in residency renewals, naturalization/citizenship, and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). - Low fees vary for certain services. - Offers outreach and community resources to inform and protect the civil rights of all residents in the region. COLORADO AND WYOMING lnternational Human Rights Clinic University of Wyoming College of Law 1000 E. University Ave., Dept Laramie, Wyoming Phone: (307) Fax: (307) humanrts@uwyo.edu Website: Offers representation in affirmative and select defensive asylum claims. Will also consider assistance in applications for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, U Visas, T Visas, DACA and VAWA. Services for Wyoming and Colorado immigration law. Wyoming residents will be prioritized. All services are pro bono. Offers consultations in Spanish. WAGE THEFT LEGAL ASSISTANCE (NOT IMMIGRATION ASSISTANCE) 11

12 Towards Justice Phone: (720) Fax: (303) Website: Towards Justice is a non-profit that supports victims of wage theft in Colorado. Wage theft is when a worker has not been paid properly for the work they have done (for example - not paid overtime, not paid minimum wage, etc.). Towards Justice offers free, confidential and bilingual legal intakes and case analysis. Through our Access to Justice program, we are committed to connecting workers with a human being who can assist them with their wage theft claim, whether that is Towards Justice, Collaborating Attorneys, Just Wages Navigators, or partner organizations. If you believe you are a victim of wage theft, please call our bilingual legal intake line (720)