Volunteer Guide

Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (Brownsville Office)

  • Location:
    1206 E. Van Buren Street
    Brownsville, TX 78520
  • Phone:
    (956) 982-5540
  • Fax:
    (956) 541-1410

Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (TRLA) is a nonprofit organization that provides free civil legal services to low-income residents in sixty-eight counties of Southwest Texas.

Counties served: Cameron, Willacy
Detention Facilities Served: Port Isabel Service Processing Center (TX)

Services Provided

Areas of immigration legal assistance: Asylum applications, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T visas, U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions
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: English, Spanish

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes