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Justice for our Neighbors

Organization Description

Justice For Our Neighbors (JFON) provides free or low cost immigration legal services, education, and advocates to low-income immigrants. DC-Maryland JFON is part of the larger Justice for Our Neighbors network, which has 16 locations throughout the United States, each of which holds a series of legal clinics at different locations throughout their regions.

Program Details

Immigration Legal Services

Program Website: Contact Form

Program Description:

At 19 sites across the nation, our expert attorneys offer full legal representation on a wide range of immigration cases. JFON legal teams meet with clients in our offices, in churches, in community centers, and in immigration detention facilities.

We also advocate for immigrant justice on the local, state, and national level, and offer education to communities of faith and to the public.

Common case types include: 

  • Asylum
  • Citizenship/Naturalization
  • Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
  • Deportation Defense
  • Family Petition
  • Refugee Adjustment of Status
  • Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJ)
  • U Visa
  • VAWA

Program uses Language Line (Y/N): Yes
Program staff provide services in other languages: Spanish
Intake days/hours (by phone): Tuesday-Friday, 9am-4pm
Cost or fee (describe): Free or low-cost immigration legal services
Description of other: Potential clients must make an appointment to come to the clinics; the clinics are not drop-in. Potential clients must first come to a clinic in order to meet with the attorney.
Eligibility-residence-county: Statewide
Services
Immigration and Citizenship: Brief advice/Help with forms/Clinics
Se habla Español: Brief advice/Help with forms/Clinics
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