South Texas Immigration Council, Inc. (McAllen Office)
The South Texas Immigration Clinic offers a wide range of legal immigration services to the immigrant population of Brownsville and the surrounding areas.
| Counties served: |
Hidalgo |
| Detention Facilities Served: |
Port Isabel Service Processing Center (TX) |
Services Provided
| Are immigration legal services provided? |
Yes |
| Areas of immigration legal assistance: |
Adjustment of Status, Consular Processing, Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, NACARA, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, T visas, 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, Representation before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) |
| Non-legal services: |
ESL, Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Referrals to other 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: |
English, Spanish |
| Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: |
Yes |
| Nominal fee charged? |
Yes |
Staffing Information
| Number of attorneys on staff: |
0 |
| Is organization BIA recognized? |
Yes |
| Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: |
5 |
| Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: |
3 |
| Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: |
7 |
Additional Details
| Pro Bono opportunities? |
Yes |
| Network affiliations: |
Immigration Advocates Network |
Administrative Information
| Contact Person: |
|
| Executive Director: |
Benigno Pena
(956) 425-6987
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| Last contact date: |
March 6, 2018 |
| Administrator comments: |
10/4/12: tickler.
11/22/13: updated phone
12/15/14: tickler
12/19/14: Fix by AK
4/6/16: tickler
06 Mar 2018: tickler
Updated August 2022 |
| IAN Members? |
No |
