Amica Center for Immigrant Rights (Amica Center)
The Amica Center for Immigrant Rights (Amica Center) strives to ensure equal justice for all immigrant men, women, and children at risk of detention and deportation in the DC metropolitan area and beyond. CAIR Coalition provides legal services to adults held in the custody of Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Virginia and Maryland and to unaccompanied minors who are held in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) in Virginia and Maryland.
State served: |
District of Columbia |
Detention Facilities Served: |
Frederick County Detention Center (MD), Howard County Detention Center (MD), Worcester County Detention Center (MD), Farmville Field Office (VA) |
Services Provided
Areas of immigration legal assistance: |
Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Habeas Corpus, NACARA, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T visas, U visas |
Types of immigration legal services provided: |
Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS, Representation at Asylum Interviews (Credible Fear Interviews, Reasonable Fear Interviews), Representation before the Immigration Court, Representation before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Federal court appeals |
Non-legal services: |
Administrative advocacy (CIS/ICE/CBP), Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Referrals to other services |
Populations served: |
Detained individuals, Domestic Violence Victims, Farm workers, 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, French, Spanish |
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: |
Yes |
Nominal fee charged? |
No |
Other information: |
Services for detained individuals only. Detention Line: (202) 201-3329. Can serve clients throughout the DC metropolitan area. |
Volunteering
Volunteer Coordinator |
Michael Lukens
202-870-5962
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