To Empower the Members of Our Community
This section is meant to work as a digital resource center, a place where you can find information
on offices that provide
Legal Aid
Some offices include immigration matters in the list of services they provide. Others don't. Please see the individual listings.
In case of an immigration detention or if you witness one: call the TCIRC Hotline
Resources to do with the rescission of DACA follow the listing
Legal Aid Offices that Include Immigration Matters in their Services
Do you know of a resource that you think should be listed here?
Let us know at lcaoftompkinscounty@gmail.com
on offices that provide
Legal Aid
Some offices include immigration matters in the list of services they provide. Others don't. Please see the individual listings.
In case of an immigration detention or if you witness one: call the TCIRC Hotline
Resources to do with the rescission of DACA follow the listing
Legal Aid Offices that Include Immigration Matters in their Services
Do you know of a resource that you think should be listed here?
Let us know at lcaoftompkinscounty@gmail.com
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Si es detenido por agentes de Migración o atestigua un arresto migratorio, llame a la Línea Directa de la Red de Respuesta Rápida de la Coalición pro Derechos de los Migrantes del Condado de Tompkins:
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If you are stopped by Immigration officials or are witness to an immigration arrest, call the Tompkins County Immigrant Rights Coalition Rapid Response Network Hotline:
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Legal Aid Offices that Include Immigration Matters in their Services:
In Tompkins County
In Other Counties in Upstate NY
In Tompkins County
In Other Counties in Upstate NY
In Tompkins County
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Farmworker Legal Assistance
Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 607-255-4196 The Cornell Law School Farmworker Legal Assistance Clinic provides free legal services to upstate New York farmworkers in deportation defense and employment litigation matters. Because we are a teaching clinic, our caseload is intentionally very low. To contact the Clinic, call 607-255-4196. |
Catholic Charities Tompkins/Tioga
324 W. Buffalo St Ithaca, NY 14850 607-272-5062 The Immigrant Services Program (ISP) of Catholic Charities Tompkins/Tioga assists and advocates for immigrants to attain family unity, economic independence and social integration. Their services include Legal Immigration Services as well as Support Services. |
In Other Counties in Upstate NY
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Note: Some offices indicate what counties they serve. If you contact one that doesn't, make sure you let them know the county where you are located.
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Binghamton American Civic Association
131 Front Street Binghamton, NY 13905 607-723-9419 Services include:
Catholic Charities of Albany 40 N. Main Avenue Albany, NY 12203 518-453-6650 Serves residents of the following New York State Counties: Albany, Schenectady, Rensselaer, Columbia, Greene, Herkimer, Fulton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Warren, Washington, Delaware, Otsego, and Schoharie. Immigration Legal Services for low-income qualified individuals include: Consultation, counseling, and preparation of petitions and applications for, among other benefits, lawful permanent residency and U.S. citizenship. By appointment only. Catholic Charities of Onondaga County 1654 West Onondaga Street Syracuse NY 13204 315-424-1800 Serves residents of Onondaga County. Services:
Catholic Family Center, Rochester 87 N. Clinton Ave Rochester, NY 14604 585-546-7220 cfc@cfcrochester.org Services include: Erie County Bar Association Volunter Lawyers Project, Inc. 237 Main Street, Suite 1000 Buffalo, NY 14203 716-847-0662 By appointment only. Services include:
Hiscock Legal Aid Society 351 South Warren Street Syracuse, NY 13202 Phone: 315.422.8191 Fax: 315.472-2819 mail@hiscocklegalaid.org The Hiscock Legal Aid Society is part of the Upstate NY Immigration Law Project in collaboration with the Legal Aid Society of Rochester and the Legal Aid Society of Northeastern NY. The Project in Syracuse provides immigration-related legal assistance to people in a 17-county region of Upstate New York. Such assistance can include advice, representation and/or referral on a variety of matters, including naturalization/citizenship, family-based immigration, adjustment of status, consular processing, asylum, temporary protected status, deferred action (DACA), NACARA, special immigrant juvenile status, T-visas (trafficking victims), U- visas (crime victims), Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions, and employment authorization. Volunteer Legal Service Project of Monroe County Telesca Center for Justice 1 West Main St., 5th Floor Rochester, NY 14614 Phone: (585) 232-3051 Fax: (585) 232-5103 Services include:
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The Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York
Serving Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego and Otsego and farmworkers anywhere in New York State. For a listing of each county office, see below. Services include:
168 Water Street Second Floor Binghamton, New York 13901 Phone: (607) 231-5900 Fax: (607) 724-7211 Serves: Broome County Cortland Office 111 Port Watson Street Cortland, New York 13045 Phone: (607) 428-8400 Fax: (607) 753-7257 Serves: Cortland County Oneonta Office P.O. Box 887 Oneonta, New York 13820 Phone: (607) 433-2220 Fax: (607) 433-1433 Serves: Delaware and Otsego Counties (Hours: By appointment only.) Oswego Office 108 West Bridge Street Oswego, New York 13126 Phone: (315) 532-6900 Fax: (315) 342-1891 Serves: Oswego County Otsego County Office Meadows Office Complex, Suite 6 140 County Highway 33 West Cooperstown, New York 13326 Phone: (607) 286-4044 (or 4045) Fax: (607) 286-4048 Serves: Otsego County (Hours: By appointment only.) Syracuse Office 221 South Warren Street, Suite 310 Syracuse, New York 13202 Phone: (315) 703-6600 Fax: (315) 424-4911 Serves: Cayuga and Onondaga Counties Utica Office 268 Genesee Street Utica, New York 13502 Phone: (315) 793-7000 Fax: (315) 732-3202 Serves: Herkimer, Lewis, Madison and Oneida Counties Watertown Office 215 Washington Street Suite 202 Watertown, New York 13601 Phone: (315) 955-6700 Fax: (315) 785-9118 Serves: Jefferson and Lewis Counties Farmworker Law Project Office Serves all counties in NYS. Call toll-free: From the United States (800) 804-8575 From Jamaica (800) 248-2429 From Mexico 001-877-248-2429 52 South Manheim Blvd. New Paltz, New York 12561 Phone: (845) 256-9096 or (800) 804-8575 Fax: (845) 256-0494 Legal Aid Society of Rochester 1 W. Main Street, Suite 800 Rochester, NY 14614 585-232-4090 Fax: (585) 232-2352 Services include:
129 County Route 64 Mexico, NY 13114 pgugel@oswegoboces.org 718-389-7580 Naturalization/citizenship support services to migrant farmworkers who are eligible for services through BOCES' regional Migrant Education Tutorial and Support Services, as well as for students in BOCES' ESL classes. |
DACA
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The Legal Resource Center has prepared a community advisory that lays out what the Administration's decision of September 5, 2017, to phase out and eventually end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) over two and half years means for DACA recipients, those with pending applications, those who need to renew their DACA, and more. See the advisory in English.
El Legal Resource Center ha preparado un documento que explica lo que significa para quienes recibieron el estatus DACA la decision del Gobierno Federal del 5 de septiembre de 2017 de descontinuar gradualmente y al final de dos años y medio terminar el programa de Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia (DACA, por sus siglas en inglés). El documento cubre los casos de quienes tienen solicitudes pendientes, quienes necesitan renovar su estatus y otros. Ver el documento en español. |
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The impact of Trump's administration's decision to terminate DACA, from Ithaca based law firm Miller Mayer's immigration practice group
Factsheet with key information on the DACA termination (in English). 
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El impacto de la decisión del gobierno de Trump de terminar DACA, por el grupo de abogados migratorios del despacho Miller Mayer (en inglés).
Ficha con información básica sobre la rescisión de DACA (en español) 
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Video of a panel at Cornell Law School analyzing President Trump’s immigration executive actions (Sept. 8, 2017). The panelists were three eminent constitutional law scholars: Michael Dorf from Cornell, Ilya Somin from George Mason University, and Eric Posner from the University of Chicago. The moderator was immigration law attorney and Cornell Law School professor Steve Yale-Loehr, The panel discussed both the travel ban and DACA rescission litigation and the Ninth Circuit’s decision of 09/07/2017. It also provides a good primer on plenary power and executive power generally. The panel discussion begins at about minute 6:30, after the introduction by Cornell Law School Dean Eduardo Penalver.
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Legal Aid Offices that Do Not Include Immigration Matters in their Services:
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Syracuse University Office of Clinical Legal Education
The Office of Clinical Legal Education provides representation to individuals and groups in Syracuse and neighboring communities who cannot afford private attorneys or who cannot obtain other available legal assistance. Appointments necessary 8:30 A.M. and 4:30 P.M., Monday through Friday (315) 443-4582 (888) 797-5291 Areas of law served: Children’s Rights and Family Law Clinic Disability Rights Clinic Elder Law Clinic Low Income Tax Clinic Securities Arbitration Clinic Veterans Legal Clinic All inquiries should be directed to our main number at 315-443-4582. Please note that:
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