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Headquartered in Texas and with national reach, RAICES, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formally known as the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services, promotes migrant justice by providing legal services, social services case management, and rights advocacy for immigrant, refugee, and asylum-seeking people and families.
In 2016, Michigan was the fourth-largest state for refugee resettlement, according to a 2017 study from the economic development organization Global Detroit. Most refugees lived outside Detroit in ...
Center for Inquiry; Center for Justice and Accountability; Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise; Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment; Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth; Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; Chicana Rights Project; Christian Legal Society; Civil Rights Congress; Climate Science Legal Defense Fund
USCRI traces its history back to 1911 with the founding of the early International Institutes and Travelers’ Aid societies. The early 1900s was a time of incredible growth for the immigrant population of the United States, by 1910, three-quarters of New York City’s population was either an immigrant or a first generation American. This increase in the immigrant population, as well as increa
Newcomer education is a need with international implications. The Refugee Convention of the UNHCR in 1951 listed public education as one of the fundamental rights of refugees, stating that “elementary education satisfies an urgent need [and] schools are the most rapid and effective instrument of assimilation.”
The Community Education Center, a government-funded center owned by Assyrians, [52] is located on Woodward Avenue in Chaldean Town, near Seven Mile. Asaad Yousif Kalasho founded the center. [53] The teachers and most of the students are Assyrian and they provide free education. [52]
Emergency Services Program (rent/mortgage assistance and utility shut-off prevention, THAW, emergency food assistance) MI CAFE programs — Food Stamps Assistance Program targeting seniors; Immigration Services - Family reunification, National Visa Center Processing, swear-in ceremonies and immigration services. Senior services. Legal assistance.
VOLAG, sometimes spelled Volag or VolAg, is an abbreviation for "Voluntary Agency".This term refers to any of the nine U.S. private agencies and one state agency that have cooperative agreements with the State Department to provide reception and placement services for refugees arriving in the United States.