Legal Directory
MinKwon Center for Community Action
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The MinKwon Center for Community Action is a grassroots, immigrant rights organization dedicated towards empowering the Korean American community, and working with the wider Asian American and immigrant communities to achieve economic and social justice for all.
| State served: | New York |
Services Provided
| Are immigration legal services provided? | Yes |
| Areas of immigration legal assistance: | Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, 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 before the Immigration Court |
| Other areas of legal assistance: | Housing |
| Non-legal services: | Administrative advocacy (CIS/ICE/CBP), Health services, Language services, Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Legislative advocacy (state or national), Referrals to other services, Social services |
| Populations served: | Detained individuals, Domestic Violence Victims, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender |
| Languages spoken: | English, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish |
| Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: | No |
| Nominal fee charged? | No |
Staffing Information
| Number of attorneys on staff: | 2 |
| Is organization BIA recognized? | Yes |
| Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: | 0 |
| Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: | 2 |
| Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: | 1 |
Additional Details
| Pro Bono opportunities? | Yes |
| Network affiliations: | American Immigration Lawyers Association, Asian American Center for Advancing Justice, Immigration Advocates Network, Asian American Bar Association of New York, Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York, New York Immigration Coalition |
Volunteering
| Volunteer Coordinator |
Sunny
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Administrative Information
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| Executive Director: | |
| Last contact date: | January 2, 2018 |
| Administrator comments: | 9/25/12: tickler 9/25/13: added DACA by request 2/14/14: Updated 12/16/14: tickler 4/20/16: phone 02 Jan 2018: tickler 15 Oct 2021: tickler 18 Oct 2021: updated from tickler responses |
| IAN Members? | No |
