Legal Directory
Santa Fe Dreamers Project
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Santa Fe Dreamers Project is a nonprofit organization located in Santa Fe, Albuquerque, and El Pso that offers free legal services to immigrants. We provide representation with USCIS for Dreamers, U-Visa Applicants, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Family based petitions, political asylum, and Naturalization. We offer services to people in removal proceedings in the El Paso Immigration Court. Additionally, we provide bond, parole, and mertis representation in limited capacity in detention centers in New Mexico and West Texas.
State served: | New Mexico |
Detention Facilities Served: | Cibola (NM), El Paso Processing Center (TX), West Texas Detention Facility (TX) |
Services Provided
Are immigration legal services provided? | Yes |
Areas of immigration legal assistance: | Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, 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 at Asylum Interviews (Credible Fear Interviews, Reasonable Fear Interviews), Representation before the Immigration Court, Representation before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) |
Other areas of legal assistance: | Community Development, Family & Juvenile |
Non-legal services: | Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Referrals to other 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, Torture survivors |
Languages spoken: | English, French, Portuguese, Spanish |
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: | No |
Nominal fee charged? | No |
Other information: | Able to serve all counties in New Mexico. This organization conducts clinics and events at various community agencies and in detention facilites. Please call (505) 490-2789 for more information. |
Staffing Information
Number of attorneys on staff: | 9 |
Is organization BIA recognized? | No |
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: | 0 |
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: | 3 |
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: | 6 |
Additional Details
Pro Bono opportunities? | Yes |
Network affiliations: | American Immigration Lawyers Association, Asista, Detention Watch Network, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), Immigrant Justice Campaign |
Administrative Information
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Last contact date: | February 5, 2018 |
Administrator comments: | 6/17/15: added 4/6/16: tickler 11/04/16: tickler 21 Dec 2017: tickler 05 Feb 2018: tickler |
IAN Members? | No |