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Make the Road New York (Westchester Office)

  • Location:
    46 Waller Ave.
    White Plains, NY 10605
  • Phone:
    (914) 948-8466
  • Fax:
    (914) 948-0311
  • Contact methods:
    Email, Mail/Letter, Phone calls
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

Make the Road New York (Westchester Office) is one of the only nonprofit immigration legal service programs in Westchester County. We provide high quality legal counseling and representation to assist low-income individuals.

Counties served: Putnam, Rockland, Westchester

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, NACARA, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, 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: Family & Juvenile
Non-legal services: Administrative advocacy (CIS/ICE/CBP), Department of Justice (DOJ)/Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)-funded services for trafficking victims, Employment services, ESL, Housing referrals, Language services, Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Legislative advocacy (state or national), Psychological or psychiatric services, Referrals to other services, Social services
Populations served: Domestic Violence Victims, 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: English, Spanish
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: No
Nominal fee charged? Yes
Other information: This organization serves immigrants in the Greenwich, Bridgeport, Stanford, and Danbury areas of Southern CT. This organization also provides provisional waiver services. Services are a mix of pro bono and nominal fees.

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 2
Is organization BIA recognized? No
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 0
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 0
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 2

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: American Immigration Lawyers Association, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Immigration Advocates Network

Administrative Information

Contact Person:
Jessica Young
(914) 948-8466
Executive Director:
Garciela Heymann
(914) 948-8466
Types of contact/attempt: Phone
Last contact date: August 23, 2018
Administrator comments: 1/22/13: updated 2/14/14: tickler 2/20/15: phone 8/4/16: phone with Jessica IAN: Danielle Salgado (914) 948-8466 dsalgado@hispaniccoalition.org 23 Aug 2018: Reviewed
IAN Members? Yes
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