Immigration Project

The Immigration Project offers legal assistance to low-income immigrants in central and southern Illinois. Working in collaboration with community-based organizations, faith-based institutions, and social service providers, the Immigration Project reaches 86 counties across the state. This award for general operating support strengthens the organization's infrastructure and expands its capacity to serve clients in rural and underserved areas. In response to aggressive federal immigration enforcement under the Trump administration, the Immigration Project expands its ability to accept complex legal cases such as asylum and deportation defense. 

The Immigration Project offers legal assistance to low-income immigrants in central and southern Illinois. This grant strengthens the organization's infrastructure and expands its capacity to serve clients in rural and underserved areas through technology upgrades, improved office space, and the addition of a volunteer coordinator. These activities are timed to facilitate the implementation of the new legalization program recently announced by President Obama that will offer undocumented immigrants a reprieve from deportation and the ability to work lawfully.