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CCS Family Immigration Service
Local (Skagit/Whatcom) - attorney referral list –
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Northwest Immigrant Rights Project
The Family Immigration Service provides quality family-based immigration
assistance to those who care to become citizen or legalize their status (DACA,
Green Card, Travel Documents, Employment Authorization.) Sliding scale. They
can do referrals for other types of cases. Call for an appointment -
(360) 416-7095. Mount Vernon, WA
NWIRP advances the legal rights and dignity of low-income immigrants
in Washington State by pursuing and preserving their legal status through
legal representation, education and public policy. They provide legal
assistance at the Tacoma Detention Center.
American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) is a nonpartisan,
not-for-profit organization that provides its members (immigration
lawyers and law professors) with continuing legal education, information,
professional services, and expertise. Web links and updates on immigration
changes. Find a lawyer through this link.
Since Columbia Legal Services’ founding, a primary mission has been
to ensure that all groups of low-income people have access to civil legal
services, with all legal options available. They seek social and economic
justice for all.
Northwest Justice Project (NJP), Washington’s publicly funded legal
aid program. Each year NJP provides critical civil legal assistance and
representation to thousands of low-income people in cases affecting basic
human needs such as family safety and security, housing preservation,
protection of income, access to health care, education and other basic
needs.
Sponsored by the Skagit County Bar Association, this program offers free
legal assistance to eligible low-income Skagit County residents. Services include pro se
(self-representation) family law forms and instructions, weekly legal advice clinics, and
pro bono representation. Spanish-speaking assistance is available.
Dreamers are young people who would have potentially benefited from a federal law
called the DREAM Act which was never passed by Congress. This would have been a
pathway to legal status and citizenship for young people who attended college or
served in the military. Dreamers continue to use this term as they organize for
an end to the for-profit immigration detention system, an end to indiscriminate
deportations and comprehensive immigration reform. Many of these young people
qualify for DACA and we hope to work with them in these struggles. If you need
further information and/or wish to learn about and join in the struggle for the
rights of you and your families please go to 
Many undocumented students don’t think about going to college because of legal or financial concerns or simply because
of lack of information. It is true that undocumented students face a number of hurdles when it comes to a college
education, but that doesn’t mean it’ s entirely out of reach. Learn more about tuition and enrollment policies,
financial aid and scholarships, and get expert advice on how to overcome barriers in your pursuit of the American
dream. Read more about 
The Southern Poverty Law Center is dedicated to fighting hate and
bigotry and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of our
society. Using lawsuits, education, and other forms of advocacy, the
Center works toward the day when the ideals of equal justice and equal
opportunity will be a reality.
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