For more than fifty years the Esperanza Center (formerly the Hispanic Apostolate) has provided a wide range of services to new immigrants to the Baltimore Metropolitan Area: short-term social services, referrals to appropriate resources, employment counseling, English as a second language classes, immigration legal services, and healthcare services. Our bilingual staff works with Hispanic and other immigrants to help them acclimate to their new home. Pro bono immigration legal services are provided to minors, victims of crime, human trafficking, and domestic violence. Low-cost representation is provided for both affirmative and defensive immigration cases. This organization provides removal defense and considers detained cases on a case-by-case basis if a family member does an in-person consultation.