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South Texas Immigration Council, Inc. (McAllen Office)

  • Location:
    1205 Galveston Street
    McAllen, TX 78501
  • Phone:
    956 682-5397
  • Fax:
    956 682 8133
  • Contact methods:
    Drop-in, Mail/Letter, Phone calls
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

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

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator

Administrative Information

Contact Person:
Executive Director:
Benigno Pena
(956) 425-6987
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
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