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Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (Alpine Office)

  • Location:
    114 N. 6th
    Alpine, TX 79830
  • Phone:
    (432) 837-1199
  • Fax:
    (432) 837-9946
  • Contact methods:
    Phone calls
  • Appointments accepted:
    No

Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (TRLA) is a nonprofit organization that provides free civil legal services to low-income residents in sixty-eight counties of Southwest Texas.

Counties served: Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio, Reeves

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
Areas of immigration legal assistance: Asylum applications, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, 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), Federal court appeals
Other areas of legal assistance: Civil Rights, Consumer, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Disability, Disaster and Crisis Assistance, Education, Elder Law, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Foreclosure, Health, Homeless, Housing, Life Planning, Nonprofit Organizations, Public Benefits, Taxes, Veterans
Non-legal services: 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? No
Other information: Services are subject to LSC funding restrictions.

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 1
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: 1

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: American Immigration Lawyers Association, Asista, Immigration Advocates Network, National Immigration Project

Administrative Information

Contact Person:
Claire Antonelli
(956) 393-6200
Executive Director:
David Hall
(956) 447-4800
Types of contact/attempt: Email
Last contact date: August 9, 2018
Administrator comments: 11/8/12: tickler 1/27/14: updated by email 1/28/15: tickler 5/4/16: tickler 09 Aug 2018: UTD
IAN Members? Yes
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