Starting last fiscal year, the Council and Mayor have provided $500,000 annually in new funds for legal services to aid undocumented immigrants.  I urge anyone who has been, or knows someone who was, affected by the DACA decision or recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids to please contact my office at 202.724.8105 so we can connect you to organizations who can assist. That list of organizations and their contact information can be found below:

  • AYUDA - (202) 387-4848
  • Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington, Inc. - (202) 772-4352
  • Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center - (202) 393-3572, ex. 22
  • Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International - (202) 529-2991
  • Whitman-Walker Health Legal Services - (202) 745-7000
  • Human Rights First - (202) 547-5692
  • KIND Inc. - (202) 824-8680
  • Asian/Pacific Island Domestic Violence Resource Project Confidential Helpline - (202) 833-2233
  • DC Affordable law Firm’s D.C. Immigrants’ Rights Project, in partnership with the Ethiopian Community Center and Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area (202) 844-5430
  • CARECEN - (202) 328-9799
  • CAIR Coalition - (202) 331-3320

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