● The Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO) serves the holistic needs of immigrants, refugees, and mainstream community members in Oregon and SW Washington.

● As a community-based organization, we empower children, youth, families and elders from around the world to build new lives and become self-sufficient by providing more than 200 culturally and linguistically specific social services.

● Since our founding in 1933 during the Great Depression that shook the globe, Catholic Charities of Oregon has been a trusted ally of the most poor and marginalized, and a leader in finding innovative solutions to poverty and injustice. We are proud to serve all God’s Children as the Official Domestic Relief Agency of the Catholic Church in Oregon.

● Low income immigrants and refugees have great difficulty in finding high quality legal representation, and are often victimized by unscrupulous individuals or well-meaning friends who try to help them with their “immigration papers.” Although well intentioned, most individuals in the community are ill informed and rarely qualified to provide immigration advice.

● The results of this incompetent “assistance” are often disastrous; in some cases, an individual who is qualified for immigration benefits is denied benefits due to receiving misleading information. Rural residents, children, people of color, LGBTQ and non-gender conforming immigrants are often the most marginalized and subject to abuse.

● The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) is the national association of more than 15,000 attorneys and law professors who practice and teach immigration law. AILA member attorneys represent U.S. families seeking permanent residence for close family members, as well as U.S. businesses seeking talent from the global marketplace.

● AILA members also represent foreign students, entertainers, athletes, and asylum seekers, often on a pro bono basis. Founded in 1946, AILA is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization that provides continuing legal education, information, professional services, and expertise through its 39 chapters and over 50 national committees.

Recognized by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) as an authorized provider of immigration legal services, SOAR’s attorney-driven legal program has a staff of four attorneys and a BIA accredited representative.

Legal Services

• Application for U.S. Citizenship • Asylum • Deportation Defense • DACA Renewals • Employment Authorization • Family-based Visas • Lawful Permanent Residency (Green Cards) • Temporary Protected Status • U-Visa • Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)

● We fight to end the current era of unprecedented mass deportation via interconnected strategies that attack the two systems at multiple points — strengthening immigrant defense through training and expert advice; challenging unfair laws through impact litigation; shaping just policies through advocacy; and empowering communities and advocates through alliance building and education, and changing negative perceptions about immigrants through communications and messaging.

● We help lay the groundwork for a day when the criminal and immigration laws of the United States respect and uphold the human rights of everyone.

It is about the person, not the process. That’s where our name comes from: Immigrant Law Group. Our entire philosophy is based on the very simple concept that human beings deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. Every person has a story of her hopes, fears, dreams, desires — the things she wants for herself, her future and her family. Our lawyers focus on the people in the stories. Our task is to solve the immigration puzzle. So that is what we do, every day for each of our clients.

● We are human rights lawyers that defend immigrants and their families. We stop unjust deportations. We file petitions for spouses and children. We provide counsel to same-sex couples seeking unification. We assist immigrants in becoming United States citizens.

Educate: Immigrant U is an educational program that teaches basic immigration and deportation law concepts to empower individuals going through these processes in making important and critical life choices. What does “adjustment of status” mean? What is a “notice to appear”? How do I know which attorneys to trust? I just want to know more about how people become legal in the US. Immigrant U can help.

Engage: We believe that with accurate and useful information about the immigration process, clients are better able to advocate for themselves, improving their experiences with immigration lawyers and increasing the quality of the legal services that they receive.

● . MPD was the first public defender organization under this system. In Multnomah County, it was formative in creating one of the first drug courts in the nation and had some of the first alternative sentencing advocates in the nation.

● Northwest Immigrant Rights Project strives for justice and equity for all persons, regardless of where they were born.

●U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services administers the nation’s lawful immigration system, safeguarding its integrity and promise by efficiently and fairly adjudicating requests for immigration benefits while protecting Americans, securing the homeland, and honoring our values.

●The Mexican Consulate in Portland is one of the 50 Consular Representations that the Government of Mexico through the Secretary of Foreign Relations (SRE) has in the United States. Since 1996, she has served the needs of the growing Mexican community in Oregon and Washington state's Klickitat, Skamania and Clark counties.

● Legally assist and represent low-income families before the Court and the US Immigration Service Immigration ProgramUniting Families ● Protect and defend the rights of our grandparents to maintain an active and healthy social participation within their communities.Our Grandparents Program . ● Inform and Educate on topics Domestic Violence, Alcoholism, Addictions, Games of Chance / Lottery. The Health of Our families and a healthy diet.Program Helping Families . ● Integrating to the Hispanic family to the educational activities of our children, through effective participation in schools. "School at home " ● Promote and Defend Civil and Human Rights by educating and training new leaders

●Under delegated authority from the Attorney General, EOIR conducts immigration court proceedings, appellate reviews, and administrative hearings.