Legal Directory
Safe Passage Project
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Safe Passage Project is a nonprofit organization that provides free lawyers to refugee children facing deportation, often to life-threatening situations. No child should face the immigration process alone, and we advocate for the fair, compassionate and equal treatment of all immigrant children.
Counties served: | Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), Nassau, NY (Manhattan), Queens, Richmond (Staten Island), Suffolk |
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-based immigrant and non-immigrant petitions, Family-based petitions, 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 at Asylum Interviews (Credible Fear Interviews, Reasonable Fear Interviews), Representation before the Immigration Court, Representation before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Federal court appeals |
Other areas of legal assistance: | Family & Juvenile |
Non-legal services: | Referrals to other services, Social 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: | No |
Nominal fee charged? | No |
Staffing Information
Number of attorneys on staff: | 24 |
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: | 7 |
Additional Details
Pro Bono opportunities? | Yes |
Network affiliations: | American Immigration Lawyers Association, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Kids In Need of Defense, ICARE, Equal Justice Works, Immigrant Justice Corps |
Administrative Information
Contact Person: | |
Executive Director: |
Rich Leimsider
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Last contact date: | January 5, 2018 |
Administrator comments: | 7/14/16: added 05 Jan 2018: tickler |
IAN Members? | No |