Organizations by County

 

Immigration and Refugee Advocates

The New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice compiled this list of immigration advocates (potential partners) by country.

 

Bergen County

Central Unitarian Church - Social Justice Committee - Paramus, NJ

Community of Friends in Action (CoFIA) - Leonia, NJ

Social Responsibilities Council of The Unitarian Society of Ridgewood - Ridgewood, NJ

 

Camden County

Hispanic Family Center of Southern New Jersey - Camden, NJ

Faith in New Jersey - Camden, NJ

 

Cumberland County

Faith in New Jersey - Bridgeton, NJ

 

Essex County

American Friends Service Committee - Newark, NJ

Faith in New Jersey - Newark, NJ

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) - Roseland, NJ

Ironbound Community Corporation - Newark, NJ

Jewish Vocational Services, East Orange, NJ

New Jersey Communities United - Newark, NJ

New Labor - Newark, NJ

Statewide Parent Advocacy Network, Inc. (SPAN) - Newark, NJ

 

Hudson County

Centro Comunitario CEUS - Union City, NJ

First Friends NJ & NY - Kearny, NJ

Haiti Solidarity Network of the North East - Jersey City, NJ

 

Mercer County

Anti-Poverty Network - Trenton, NJ

Catholic Charities Diocese of Trenton - Trenton, NJ

Drug Policy Alliance - Trenton, NJ

Latin American Legal Defense Fund (LALDEF) - Trenton & Princeton, NJ

New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP) - Trenton, NJ

 

Middlesex County

Catholic Charities Diocese of Metuchen - New Brunswick, Metuchen & Edison, NJ

Faith in New Jersey - New Brunswick, NJ

New Labor - New Brunswick, NJ

 

Morris County

Wind of the Spirit - Dover/Morristown, NJ

 

Ocean County

Catholic Diocese of Trenton - Lakewood, NJ

New Labor - Lakewood, NJ

 

Passaic County

Wind of the Spirit - Paterson, NJ

OASIS - Paterson, NJ

 

Union County

El Centro Hispanoamericano - Plainfield, NJ

Make the Road New Jersey - Elizabeth, NJ

 

Organizations - Statewide

 

1199 SEIU

32BJ SEIU

Anti-Poverty Network

American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey

Drug Policy Alliance

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)

National Association of Social Workers - New Jersey Chapter

New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP)

New Jersey Working Families

Statewide Parent Advocacy Network, Inc. (SPAN)

Universalist Unitarian Legislative Ministry of New Jersey

 

Organizations - National

 

American Friends Service Committee (Newark, NJ office)

https://www.afsc.org/office/newark-nj

Founded in 1917, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Quaker organization that promotes lasting peace with justice, as a practical expression of faith in action. Drawing on continuing spiritual insights and working with people of many backgrounds, we nurture the seeds of change and respect for human life that transform social relations and systems.

 

Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project

https://www.asylumadvocacy.org/

This advocacy organization serves immigrants, migrants, and refugees across the 50 states by providing legal aid and support.

 

Citizen Path

https://citizenpath.com

An online service that guides you through becoming a permanent resident, getting your green card, and becoming a U.S. citizen.

 

Citizenship Works

https://www.citizenshipworks.org

An online service that guides you through steps of becoming a U.S. citizen.

 

CLEAR - Creating Law Enforcement Accountability & Responsibility

http://www.law.cuny.edu/academics/clinics/immigration/clear.html

CUNY- School of Law project aims to address the unmet legal needs of Muslim, Arab, South Asian, and other communities in the New York City area that are particularly affected by national security and counter-terrorism policies and practices.

 

Human Rights Watch

https://www.hrw.org/topic/refugee-rights

Human Rights Watch’s Refugee Rights Program defends the rights of refugees, asylum seekers, and displaced people worldwide. We respond to emergencies as well as chronic situations, focusing especially on documenting government efforts to block access to asylum, to deprive asylum seekers of rights to fair hearings of their refugee claims, and to the forcible return of people to places where their lives or freedom would be threatened.

 

Immi

https://www.immi.org/home/index

"Immi helps immigrants in the U.S. understand their legal options. Our online screening tool, legal information, and referrals to nonprofit legal services organizations are always free to use."

 

The Informed Immigrant

https://www.informedimmigrant.com

 

The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP)

https://refugeerights.org

IRAP organizes law students and lawyers to develop and enforce a set of legal and human rights for refugees and displaced persons. Mobilizing direct legal aid and systemic policy advocacy, IRAP serves the world’s most persecuted individuals and empowers the next generation of human rights leaders.

 

Kids in Need of Defense

https://supportkind.org

This organization is taking a stand against current policies by helping families detained or separated after they have entered the USA.

 

Office of Refugee Resettlement

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr

ORR provides time-limited cash and medical assistance to new arrivals, as well as support for case management services, English as a Foreign Language classes, and job readiness and employment services — all designed to facilitate refugees’ successful transition to life in the U.S. and help them to attain self-sufficiency.

 

Pueblo Sin Fronteras

http://www.pueblosinfronteras.org

Consider donating to this organization's two shelters for migrants and refugees.

 

Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services  

http://www.raicestexas.org

"A nonprofit agency that promotes justice by providing free and low-cost legal services to underserved immigrant children, families, and refugees."

 

Together Rising

https://togetherrising.org

A nonprofit organization that supports (with legal and financial assistance) immigrants and refugees with bilingual advocates and legal representations.

 

Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights

https://www.theyoungcenter.org

A human rights organization that advocates for and protects unaccompanied and other immigrant and refugee children. It also works to liberalize the immigration system.

 

 

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