Legal Directory
El Rescate
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El Rescate offers a wide range of immigration legal services to the community of Los Angeles. We provide services to those who cannot afford legal aid regardless of gender, sexual preference, religion, or ethnic background.
| Counties served: | Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Ventura |
Services Provided
| Are immigration legal services provided? | Yes |
| Areas of immigration legal assistance: | Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, 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 |
| Non-legal services: | Citizenship / Civics classes |
| Populations served: | Domestic Violence Victims, Farm workers, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors |
| Languages spoken: | English, Spanish, K'iche' |
| Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: | No |
| Nominal fee charged? | Yes |
Staffing Information
| Number of attorneys on staff: | 2 |
| Is organization BIA recognized? | Yes |
| Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: | 1 |
| Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: | 1 |
| Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: | 6 |
Additional Details
| Pro Bono opportunities? | Yes |
| Network affiliations: | Immigration Advocates Network |
Administrative Information
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| Last contact date: | March 15, 2018 |
| Administrator comments: | 10/23/12: DACA update 11/14/12: tickler 3/14/14: updated by VM by Dulce 7/2/14: service area update by James 1/6/15: tickler 9/13/16: phone with Alejandra (ext. 22; will be in school next year) 15 Mar 2018: tickler 15 Mar 2022: Secondary tickler 21 Mar 2022: Updated from tickler responses |
| IAN Members? | No |
