COVID-19 | National Immigrant Justice Center

Keep families together, prevent a neighbor's deportation, and protect people seeking safety.

A mother poses and smiles with her three young daughters and a family friend in the lobby of a law firm after winning asylum.

$50

Supports a month of secure phone calls with a lawyer

$100

Provides a legal consultation to keep a family together

$300

Screens 10 people for a workshop to apply for asylum

Content & resources related to COVID-19. April 2020.

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