Manzanita Immigrant Legal Aid
MILA provides family-based, humanitarian immigration assistance primarily to individuals who are low-income. We target and outreach to Spokane County and serve clients as far as Western Washington, Idaho and Montana. We are providing advocacy and representation in front of USCIS, Immigration Court, and the Department of State for quantitative outputs as well as qualitative, long-term life trajectory outcomes. MILA provides services and education to recreate a system where each person can reach their goals. We welcome immigrants who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color; LGBTQIA+; and from various cultural, geographic, and religious backgrounds and experiences.
Services Provided
| Areas of immigration legal assistance: |
Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T visas, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions |
| 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) |
| Populations served: |
Domestic Violence Victims, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender |
| Languages spoken: |
Russian, Spanish |
| Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: |
Yes |
| Nominal fee charged? |
Yes |
