Undocumented Students: Get legal help

May 28

The websites below provide free or low-cost legal services to help you better understand your immigration options.

Central American Resource Center (CARECEN)▾

CARECEN is a Central American immigrant rights organization committed to empowering all immigrants by providing affordable immirgation legal services, including for DACA and citizenship.

CARECEN offers free legal consultations for most cases. Learn more here: https://www.carecen-la.org/legal_services
For students of California State Universities and Community Colleges, CARCEN offers free legal services. You can schedule an appointment at: https://carecenla.simplybook.me/v2/

YMCA - New American Welcome Center▾

The New Welcome Centers at YMCA are built to help immigrants and refugees by providing referral services and bridge-building activities. Services include, Know Your Rights workshops, DACA, and Citizenship Application Assistance.

Learn about their services here: https://www.ymcala.org/metro/programs/new-american-welcome-center
Citizenship Assistance: https://www.citizenshipworks.org/portal/YMCALA

Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA)▾

CHIRLA provides legal services and community education to immigrant communities.

CHIRLA provides free or low cost immigrant legal services (including DACA renewal, naturalization, and family based immigration) at certain community colleges and CSU campuses. Check the full list of colleges here: https://legal.chirla.org/

Immi▾

Immi helps immigrants in the US to understand your legal options. Our online Eligibility Review tool, legal information, and referrals to nonprofit legal service organizations are always free to use. The entire website is available in Spanish.

Take their free questionnaire to understand your options to legalization: https://www.immi.org/es/home/prescreening
Enter your zipcode to find legal help nearby: https://www.immi.org/es/Info/FindLegalHelp

Immigrants Rising▾

Immigrants Rising works to empower undocumented young people acheive educational and career goals by providing a number of resources and information including building a scholarship essay and immigration services.

To learn about possible options to legalization, take their free and confidential assessment here.

Have questions about how to apply, attend, or pay for college? Immigrants Rising hosts Instagram Live events every week on Monday and Tuesday to answer your questions. Learn more here.
Immigrants Rising offers a wealth of resources for undocumented students who want to go to college in CA. Check them out here.

Los Angeles Public Library - New Americans Center▾

The Los Angeles Public Library has designed New Americans Centers to bring important information about immigration and citizenship. New Americans Centers offer in-person assistance, study materials and access to a variety of helpful services and resources at certain libraries during select hours. You will be able to get assistance or have questions answered about: citizenship interview tutoring session, N-400 completion, fee waiver assistance, green card renewals, and adjustment of status. To find your local New Americans Center click: https://nai.lapl.org/v2/#book/count/1/

United We Dream▾

At United We Dream, we transform that fear into finding your voice. We empower people to develop their leadership, their organizing skills, and to develop our own campaigns to fight for justice and dignity for immigrants and all people. This is achieved through immigrant youth-led campaigns at the local, state, and federal level.