Volunteer Guide
Casa Esperanza
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Casa Esperanza is an immigrant rights support network/nonprofit community service organization that specializes in providing low-cost legal services (& pro bono when necessary) to low-income immigrants & uses the proceeds to organize, educate, advise, and advocate for the immigrant community in central New Jersey.
State served: | New Jersey |
Detention Facilities Served: | Bergen County Jail (NJ), Elizabeth Contract Detention Facility (NJ), Essex County Correctional Facility (NJ), Hudson County Correctional Facility (NJ), Keogh-Dwyer Correctional Facility (NJ) |
Services Provided
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, NACARA, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T visas, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions |
Populations served: | Detained individuals, Domestic Violence Victims, 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, Signers for the deaf: ASL, Spanish |
Additional Details
Pro Bono opportunities? | Yes |