Legal Directory
Muslim American Society (Raleigh Office)
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MAS Immigrant Justice Center (MASIJC) is dedicated to ensuring human rights protections and access to justice for all immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers. With offices in Raleigh, Charlotte and satellite services across the country, MAS-Immigrant Justice Center provides direct legal services to and advocates for immigrant populations through policy reform, litigation, and public education. Since its founding eleven years ago, MASIJC has been unique in blending individual client advocacy with broad-based systemic change.
| Counties served: | Wake |
| Detention Facilities Served: | Baldwin County Correctional Center (AL) |
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, Habeas Corpus, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, 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) |
| Other areas of legal assistance: | Civil Rights |
| Non-legal services: | Psychological or psychiatric services |
| Populations served: | Detained individuals, Domestic Violence Victims, Farm workers, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors |
| Languages spoken: | Arabic, English, Pashto |
| Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: | No |
| Nominal fee charged? | Yes |
| Other information: | Cultural competency courses for stakeholders and government agencies also provided. If clients can travel to the office, or can fax paperwork, they can be served. |
Staffing Information
| Number of attorneys on staff: | 0 |
| Is organization BIA recognized? | Yes |
| Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: | 1 |
| Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: | 2 |
| Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: | 2 |
Additional Details
| Pro Bono opportunities? | Yes |
| Network affiliations: | American Friends Service Committee, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Asian American Center for Advancing Justice, Asista, Boat People SOS, CARE, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Central American Resource Center, Church World Service, Detention Watch Network, Episcopal Migration Ministies, Episcopal Migration Ministries, Ethiopian Community Development Council, Freedom Network, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Immigrant Children's Lawyers, Immigration Advocates Network, International Rescue Committee, Justice for our Neighbors/United Methodist Committee on Relief, Kids In Need of Defense, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS), Lutheran Legal Service Organization, National Immigration Project, San Francisco Immigration Legal and Education Network, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, United Farm Workers, US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), NC Justice, Catholic Charities USA |
Administrative Information
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| Last contact date: | March 5, 2018 |
| Administrator comments: | 1/8/13: updated 3/25/14: tickler 3/31/15: phone 11/04/16: tickler 05 Mar 2018: tickler |
| IAN Members? | Yes |
