Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services, Inc. (San Antonio Office)
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Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services, Inc. (RAICES) is a nonprofit organization that promotes justice by providing free and low-cost immigration legal services and education to under-served immigrant children, families, and refugees.
Counties served: | Aransas, Atascosa, Bexar, Brooks, Calhoun, Cameron, De Witt, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Goliad, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hidalgo, Jackson, Karnes, Kenedy, Kinney, Kleberg, La Salle, Lavaca, Live Oak, Matagorda, Maverick, McMullen, Medina, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Uvalde, Victoria, Webb, Wharton, Willacy, Wilson, Zapata, Zavala |
Detention Facilities Served: | Karnes County Correctional Center (TX), Karnes County Residential Center (TX), South Texas Family Residential Center [Dilley] (TX) |
Services Provided
Are immigration legal services provided? | Yes |
Areas of immigration legal assistance: | Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Habeas Corpus, Humanitarian Parole, NACARA, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Special Immigrant Visa (SIV), T visas, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions |
Types of immigration legal services provided: | Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS, Representation at Asylum Interviews (Credible Fear Interviews, Reasonable Fear Interviews), Representation before the Immigration Court, Representation before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Federal court appeals |
Non-legal services: | Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Referrals to other services |
Populations served: | Detained individuals, Domestic Violence Victims, Farm workers, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors |
Languages spoken: | Amharic, Burmese, Dari, English, Pashto, Spanish, Tigrinya, Chin, K'iche' |
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: | Yes |
Nominal fee charged? | Yes |