TPS: Quick Summary Chart of Currently Designated Countries

This practice advisory explains the professional conduct rules for immigration practitioners and the rules governing the corresponding disciplinary procedures.

This toolkit provides information and resources for attorneys and accredited representatives who will be mentoring persons aiming to be accredited representatives, as well as resources for those seeking mentorship.

This frequently asked questions document presents general considerations for starting an immigration legal services program and offers a non-exhaustive checklist for those deciding whether this is the right move for their organization.

This manual describes best practices used by many of the country's most experienced nonprofit immigration programs and managers.

This toolkit contains helpful information on how best to use volunteers in your program, how to recruit and retain volunteers, and how to incorporate them into your program’s plan for the passage of Comprehensive Immigration Reform.

Trust between newcomers and the receiving community is instrumental to integration work. Nonprofit immigration legal service providers are key partners in effective integration and inclusion work.

Immigrant integration results, in large part, from local partnerships between newcomers and the receiving community. Faith-based organizations are key partners in integration work.

Points on program management on the impending decision from SCOTUS on DACA.

The one-page flyer provides information about the upcoming fee increase and changes to fee waiver for the N-400 naturalization application. This resource is intended to assist you as you counsel naturalization applicants and suggest best time to file their applications with USCIS.

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, or USCIS, has created a budget crisis and its employees may soon face furlough, unless Congress provides emergency funding. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen USCIS mishandling budget issues, increasing filing fees, struggling with long processing times and implementing policies that suppress the number of applications that can be filed, resulting in a decline in application fee revenue.

Practice management tips following the Presidential Proclamation issued on April 22, 2020 suspending entry for certain immigrants applying for immigrant visas

Modern-day public libraries are no longer solely story keepers, they are community and culture centers. They are where people, young and old, go to learn something new and get ordinary things done, which could include a variety of immigration legal services such as applying for naturalization. A library’s decision to become recognized by the Department of Justice to provide these services builds upon the institution’s long legacy as a knowledge provider, while offering hope to a community in great need.

This resource provides recommendations for immigration programs on how to continue providing immigration legal service in the event of office closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This tool will help immigrant legal service providers and community-based organizations plan to effectively and efficiently respond to DACA termination.

Partnerships are a valuable tool for any organization looking to expand or strengthen services in the community. In a well-functioning partnership, all members contribute ideas to the group, coordinate dates and events so that all can participate, and mutually benefit from the partnership. There are several ways to establish a partnership and many tools to use that can help organize and manage the operations. This toolkit includes sample materials for managing a partnership, guidelines for working within a partnership, and tips on what to look for in a potential partner.

Since the announcement of a federal funding “freeze,” threatened and actual cuts to federal funding for immigration legal services by the Trump administration have caused Immigration Legal Services (ILS) programs to scramble to navigate challenging and uncertain financial times. Program leaders and organization leaders (where organizations that have ILS programs that are part of their larger organization) are having to make very difficult decisions about the programs’ futures and sustainability that may include reduction in services or staffing.

It is critical that an organization’s leadership understands that there are legal, ethical, reputational, and practical ramifications of hasty downsizing or program closure. While Board members and leaders of organizations that have been affected by dramatic funding cuts have fiduciary responsibilities to maintaining the financial health of the organization, they must balance these with their equally important legal, professional, and ethical responsibilities to clients.