New Jersey Organizations - Volunteer Guide

Volunteer Guide

Areas of legal assistance:	Adjustment of Status, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions
Types of legal assistance:	Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS, Representation before the Immigration Court, Representation before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Federal court appeals
Location:	574 Summit Avenue, 2nd Floor, Jersey City, NJ 07306
Contact:	(201) 792-6363, http://NortheastNJLegalServices.org , NNJLS@lsnj.org

Detention Facilities Served

Adjustment of Status	Asylum applications	Consular Processing	Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
Employment authorization	Employment-based immigrant and non-immigrant petitions	Family-based petitions	Habeas Corpus
Humanitarian Parole	NACARA	Naturalization/Citizenship	P1 or P2 for Afghans
Removal hearings	Special Immigrant Juvenile Status	Special Immigrant Visa (SIV)	T visas
Temporary Protected Status (TPS)	U visas	Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions

Arts	Civil Rights	Community Development	Consumer
Criminal Appeals	Death Penalty	Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy	Disability
Disaster and Crisis Assistance	Education	Elder Law	Employment
Environmental	Family & Juvenile	Foreclosure	Health
HIV/AIDS	Homeless	Housing	Life Planning
Nonprofit Organizations	Prisoners	Public Benefits	Taxes
Veterans

Administrative advocacy (CIS/ICE/CBP)	Citizenship / Civics classes	Department of Justice (DOJ)/Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)-funded services for trafficking victims	Employment services
ESL	Health services	Housing referrals	Language services
Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR)	Legislative advocacy (state or national)	Office Of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)-funded services for trafficking victims	Psychological or psychiatric services
Referrals to other services	Social services

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

American Friends Service Committee	American Immigration Lawyers Association	Asian American Center for Advancing Justice	Asista
Boat People SOS	CARE	Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC)	Central American Resource Center
Church World Service	Detention Watch Network	Episcopal Migration Ministies	Episcopal Migration Ministries
Ethiopian Community Development Council	Freedom Network	Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)	Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Immigrant Children's Lawyers	Immigration Advocates Network	International Rescue Committee	Justice for our Neighbors/United Methodist Committee on Relief
Kids In Need of Defense	Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS)	Lutheran Legal Service Organization	National Immigration Project
San Francisco Immigration Legal and Education Network	U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops	United Farm Workers	US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI)
World Relief	YMCA	YWCA

Atlantic
Bergen
Burlington
Camden
Cape May
Cumberland
Essex
Gloucester
Hudson
Hunterdon
Mercer
Middlesex
Monmouth
Morris
Ocean
Passaic
Salem
Somerset
Sussex
Union
Warren

Atlantic
Bergen
Burlington
Camden
Cape May
Cumberland
Essex
Gloucester
Hudson
Hunterdon
Mercer
Middlesex
Monmouth
Morris
Ocean
Passaic
Salem
Somerset
Sussex
Union
Warren

Afrikaans
Akan-Twi
Albanian
Amharic
Arabic
Arabic (Egyptian)
Arabic (Levantine)
Armenian
Azerbaijani
Bengali
Bosnian
Bulgarian
Burmese
Cambodian
Cantonese Chinese
Cebuano
Chavacano
Chinese
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dari
Dutch
English
Estonian
Farsi
Filipino
Finnish
French
Fuganese
Georgian
German
Greek
Gujarati
Haitian Creole
Hausa
Hebrew
Hindi
Hmong
Hungarian
Igbo
Ilocano
Indonesian
Iraqi
Italian
Japanese
Javanese
Kashmir
Kazakh
Khmer
Kirundi
Korean
Kurdish
Kyrgyz
Laotian
Latvian
Lithuanian
Macedonian
Malay-Indonesian
Malayalam
Mandarin Chinese
Marshallese
Mongolian
Navajo
Nepali
Norwegian
Oromo
Pashto
Persian
Polish
Portuguese
Punjabi
Romanian
Russian
Samoan
Serbian
Serbo-Croatian
Signers for the deaf: ASL
Signers for the deaf: CDI
Signers for the deaf: Other
Sindhi
Sinhalese
Slovak
Slovenian
Somali
Spanish
Sudanese
Swahili
Swedish
Tagalog
Taiwanese
Tajik
Tamil
Tausug
Telugu
Thai
Tigrinya
Turkish
Turkmen
Uighur
Ukrainian
Urdu
Uzbek
Vietnamese
Wolof
Wu
Yiddish
Yoruba

Anchorage Correctional Complex (AK)
Baldwin County Correctional Center (AL)
Dekalb County Detention Center (AL)
Etowah County Detention Center (AL)
Lonoke Police Dept Detention Center (AR)
Miller County Jail (AR)
Sebastian County Detention Center (AR)
Apache County Jail (AZ)
Central Arizona Correctional Center (AZ)
Coconino County Detention Facility (AZ)
Eloy Detention Center (AZ)
Florence Correctional Center (AZ)
Florence SPC (AZ)
La Paz County Adult Detention Facility (AZ)
Navajo County Sheriff (AZ)
Pinal County Adult Detention Center (AZ)
San Luis Regional Detention Center (AZ)
Santa Cruz County Jail (AZ)
Yavapai County Detention Center (AZ)
Adelanto Detention Center (CA)
Alhambra City Jail (CA)
Contra Costa County Jail (CA)
East Mesa Detention Facility (CA)
El Centro SPC (CA)
Glendale Police Department (CA)
Imperial Regional Adult Detention Facility (CA)
James A. Musick Jail (CA)
Kern County Jail (Lerdo) (CA)
Orange County (CA)
Otay Mesa Correctional Facility (CA)
Pasadena City Jail (CA)
Pomona City Jail (CA)
Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center (CA)
Sacramento County Jail (CA)
San Bernardino County Jail (CA)
San Diego CDF (CA)
San Francisco Detention Facility (CA)
San Jose Detention Facility (CA)
Santa Ana City Jail (CA)
Taft (CA)
Theo Lacy Facility (CA)
Ventura County Jail (CA)
Yuba County Detention Center (CA)
Conejos County Jail (CO)
Denver Contract Detention Facility (CO)
El Paso County Jail (CO)
Fremont County Jail (CO)
La Plata County Jail (CO)
Moffat County Jail (CO)
Park County Jail (CO)
Pueblo County Jail (CO)
Teller County Jail (CO)
Baker County Facility (FL)
Broward Transitional Center (FL)
Collier County Naples Jail Center (FL)
Glades County Detention Center (FL)
Krome Service Processing Center (FL)
Monroe County Jail (FL)
Orange County Jail (FL)
Pinellas County Jail (FL)
Wakulla County Facility (FL)
Atlanta City Detention Center (GA)
Cobb County Jail (GA)
D. Ray James (GA)
Folkston ICE Processing Center (GA)
Hall County Jail (GA)
Irwin County Detention Center (GA)
McRae (GA)
North Georgia Detention Center (GA)
Stewart Detention Center (GA)
Whitfield County Jail (GA)
Hardin County Correctional Center (IA)
Linn County Jail (IA)
Marshall County Jail (IA)
Polk County Jail (IA)
Pottawattamie County Jail (IA)
Dale G. Haile Detention Center (ID)
Elmore County Jail (ID)
Jefferson County Justice Center (ID)
Minicassia Detention Center (ID)
Elgin Police Department (IL)
Jefferson County Justice Center (IL)
Kankakee County Jail (IL)
McHenry County Adult Correctional Facility (IL)
Rock Island County Correctional Center (IL)
Sangamon County Jail (IL)
Tri-County Detention Center (IL)
Clay County Jail (IN)
Marion County Jail (IN)
Butler County Jail (KS)
Chase County Detention Facility (KS)
Rice County Detention Center (KS)
Shawnee County Department of Corrections (KS)
Boone County Jail (KY)
Grayson County Detention Center (KY)
LaSalle Detention Facility (LA)
Oakdale Federal Detention Center (LA)
Saint Tammany Parish Jail (LA)
South Louisiana Correctional Center (LA)
Tensas Parish Detention Center (LA)
Bristol County House of Corrections (MA)
Franklin County House Of Corrections (MA)
Norfolk County (MA)
Old Colony Correctional Center (MA)
Plymouth County Correctional Facility (MA)
Suffolk County House of Corrections (South Bay) (MA)
Carroll County Detention Center (MD)
Frederick County Detention Center (MD)
Howard County Detention Center (MD)
Worcester County Detention Center (MD)
Cumberland County Jail (ME)
Calhoun County Correctional Center (MI)
Chippewa County (MI)
Dearborn Police Department (MI)
Genesee County Jail (MI)
Kent County Jail (MI)
Macomb County Facility (MI)
Michigan Corrections Facility (MI)
Monroe County Detention Main (MI)
Monroe County Jail (Main) Office (MI)
Saint Clair County Jail (MI)
Wayne County Detention Facility (MI)
William Dickerson Detention Center (MI)
Carver County Jail (MN)
Freeborn County Adult Detention Center (MN)
Nobles County Jail (MN)
Ramsey County Adult Detention Center (MN)
Sherburne County Facility (MN)
Caldwell County Detention Center (MO)
Christian County Jail (MO)
Lincoln County Detention Center (MO)
Mississippi County Detention Center (MO)
Montgomery County Jail (MO)
Morgan County Adult Detention Center (MO)
Platte County Detention Center (MO)
Scott County Jail (MO)
Adams (MS)
Cascade County Jail (MT)
Jefferson County Detention Center (MT)
Alamance County Detention Facility (NC)
Cabarrus County Jail (NC)
Forsyth County Jail (NC)
Gaston County Jail (NC)
Henderson County Detention Facility (NC)
Mecklenburg County Detention Center North (NC)
New Hanover County Jail (NC)
Wake County Sheriff Department (NC)
Grand Forks County Correctional Facility (ND)
Cass County Jail (NE)
Dakota County Jail (NE)
Douglas County Department of Corrections (NE)
Hall County Department of Corrections (NE)
Phelps County Jail (NE)
Strafford County Correction (NH)
Bergen County Jail (NJ)
Elizabeth Contract Detention Facility (NJ)
Essex County Correctional Facility (NJ)
Hudson County Correctional Facility (NJ)
Keogh-Dwyer Correctional Facility (NJ)
Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center (NM)
Cibola (NM)
New Mexico Women's Correctional Facility Grants (NM)
Otero County Processing Center (NM)
Henderson Detention Center (NV)
Nevada Southern Detention Center (NV)
Washoe County Jail (NV)
Albany County Jail (NY)
Allegany County Jail (NY)
Buffalo Federal Detention Facility (NY)
Chautauqua County Jail (NY)
Clinton County Jail (NY)
Ontario County Jail (NY)
Orange County Correctional Facility (NY)
Rikers Island Prison Complex (NY)
Wayne County Jail (NY)
Bedford Heights City Jail (OH)
Butler County Correctional Complex (OH)
Geauga County Jail (OH)
Mahoning County Jail (OH)
Maple Heights City Jail (OH)
Morrow County Correctional Facility (OH)
Northeast Ohio Correctional Center (OH)
Seneca County Jail (OH)
Trumbull Correctional Institution (OH)
David L. Moss CJC - Tulsa Jail (OK)
Garvin County Detention Center (OK)
Great Plains (OK)
Columbia County Jail (OR)
Jackson County Jail (OR)
Josephine County Jail (OR)
Northern Oregon Correctional Facility (OR)
Umatilla County Jail (OR)
Allegheny County Jail (PA)
Berks County Family Shelter (PA)
Cambria County (PA)
Clinton County Correctional Facility (PA)
Erie County (PA)
Lackawanna County Prison (PA)
Montgomery County Correctional Facility (PA)
Moshannon Valley (PA)
Pike County Correctional Facility (PA)
York County Prison (PA)
Charleston County Detention Center (SC)
Lexington County Jail (SC)
York County Detention Center (SC)
Pennington County Jail (SD)
Davidson County Sheriff Department (TN)
Western Tennessee Detention Facility (TN)
Bedford Municipal Detention Center (TX)
Big Spring (TX)
Brooks County Detention Center (TX)
Burnet County Jail (TX)
CCA Detention Center Houston (TX)
Coastal Bend Detention Facility (TX)
Collin County Jail (TX)
Conroe Detention Facility (TX)
East Hidalgo Detention Center (TX)
Eden (TX)
El Paso Processing Center (TX)
Euless City Jail (TX)
Giles W. Dalby (TX)
Houston Contract Detention Facility (TX)
Houston Service Processing Center (TX)
IAH Detention Center Livingston (TX)
Jack Harwell Detention Center (TX)
Joe Corley Detention Facility (TX)
Johnson County Detention Center (TX)
Karnes County Correctional Center (TX)
Karnes County Residential Center (TX)
La Salle County Regional Detention Center (TX)
Laredo Contract Detention Facility (TX)
Limestone County Detention Facility (TX)
Lubbock County Detention Center (TX)
Polk County Adult Detention Center (TX)
Port Isabel Service Processing Center (TX)
Randall County Jail (TX)
Reeves (TX)
Rio Grande Detention Center (TX)
Rolling Plains Correctional Facility (TX)
South Texas Detention Facility (TX)
South Texas Family Residential Center [Dilley] (TX)
T. Don Hutto Residential Center (TX)
Val Verde Correctional Facility (TX)
West Texas Detention Facility (TX)
Utah County Facility (UT)
Washington County Jail (Purgatory Correctional Facility) (UT)
Weber County Correctional Facility (UT)
Alexandria City Jail (VA)
Arlington County Jail (VA)
Farmville Field Office (VA)
Hampton Roads Regional Jail (VA)
Loudoun County (VA)
Prince William (VA)
Rappahannock Regional Facility (VA)
Rockingham County Jail (VA)
Tacoma Northwest Detention Center (WA)
Yakima County Department of Corrections (WA)
Dodge Detention Facility (WI)
Kenosha County Detention Center (WI)
Kenosha County Pre-Trial Facility (WI)
Eastern Regional Jail (WV)
Northern Regional Jail (WV)
South Central Regional Jail (WV)
Natrona County Jail (WY)
Platte County Jail (WY)
Sweetwater County Jail (WY)

	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

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