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Questions? Email us at contactnyc4all@gmail.com

Opportunities

Find Your Perfect Role

We have opportunities for every skill level and schedule. All positions include comprehensive training.

Legal Intake Coordinator

Assist attorneys with client intake, document organization, and case management. Legal background helpful but not required.

ESL Tutor

Teach English to adult learners in a small group or one-on-one settings. Flexible evening and weekend schedules.

Community Navigator

Help families access resources, fill out applications, and navigate city services. Training provided.

Event Support Volunteer

Assist with workshops, community events, and outreach activities. Perfect for those with variable schedules.

Translation & Interpretation

Translate documents or provide interpretation during client meetings, workshops, or events.

Youth Mentor

Make a huge and positive difference in the life of a young person (here on their own) by helping them navigate the big city. Become part of their emotional and logistical support team by connecting them to social services, healthcare, English and GED classes, mentoring, and local resources.

Legal Paperwork

We will train you how to help guide youth through their immigration paperwork with experienced support. Whether you speak another language or not there is plenty of front line or behind the scenes legal work to be done. No prior legal expertise required.

Raise Funds

Since February 2025, kids now have to pay a $250 application fee to apply for relief. We have a legal defense fund to help pay these fees. We need people to donate, assist with grant writing and fundraising. Donations are 100% tax deductible.

ICE Watch

Join a neighborhood ICE Watch group to alert the community if ICE is nearby.

Court Accompaniment

Accompany immigrants and asylum seekers when they have to go to court for an appearance or check in.  Be a witness, and a compassionate companion. Training provided.

Social Media Coordinator

Help spread the word. Help us post updates on IG, FB, TIKTOK and other social media.  Do you know journalists, filmmakers, influencers who can help us spread the word and grow the network of volunteers?

Get Involved Resources

Essential Information for Volunteers

Here are some local non profit organizations providing free legal help in preparing for immigration court hearings and filings:

Legal Resources & Know Your Rights

Know Your Rights: For more information on your rights as an immigrant or refugee in the USA, see:
https://immigrantjustice.org/for-immigrants/know-your-rights/ice-encounter/

https://nipnlg.org/work/resources?audience=All&resource_type=28&terms=Plan&value=

For more information on preparing your case, getting a work permit, finding a low cost attorney, ICE detentions, etc, see:
https://www.rifnyc.org/

Asylum Free Legal Clinic: https://www.asylumsupportclinic.org/our-friends

ASAP believes that asylum seekers can make great change by standing together. We provide our members with legal information and support. Their website has lots of information for asylum seekers and immigrants.

The Ark also has a pro se clinic and lots of info on their website: https://cbst.org/ark-services/

PRO SE LEGAL CLINIC: The pro se legal clinic will continue at Plymouth Church, 75 Hicks Street, Brooklyn through March. The schedule can be found on the Sign-Up Genius. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/PROSECLINICS

Training & Clinic Schedule

If you see ICE, report it here: https://www.ccijustice.org/rapid-response

Melt ICE: Detention & Resistance under Trump https://detentionwatchnetwork.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/detentionwatchnetwork/event.jsp?event=525&

Hands Off NYC: https://www.handsoffnyc.com/get-involved

Mentorship Program

MENTORS: Our friends at ROCC continue to pair young asylum seekers with mentors. The next informational session will be on Zoom on March 3 at 11:30 am. To RSVP for the Zoom, please email NYCmentorshipinfo@gmail.com.

If you know a kid needing legal help, either contact us directly, or go to: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeI5oBD-ZHgN8ZgUCEcNfhp9EhZMKCt-v9mX-A7OEDhfP73YA/viewform

Key Immigration Forms

Below are forms used to apply for various immigration benefits

I-765, Application for Employment Authorization and Instructions

  • Purpose: To allow asylees/refugees and those with pending asylum or TPS to work legally in the USA.

I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal and Instructions.

  • Purpose: To seek asylum for individuals physically present in the U.S. who fear persecution in their home country.
  • Filing Location:
    • Affirmative Asylum (No court case):
      Filed with
      USCIS
    • Defensive Asylum (In removal proceedings): Filed with the Immigration Court (EOIR)

Motion to Change Venue: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sf8dSFxwxZkMpvTqHSYamvERaBNa_EszLwwoSEKOdA0/edit?usp=sharing

Change of Address: https://respondentaccess.eoir.justice.gov/en/forms/eoir33ic/

Filing a Pro Se Habeas petition/ release from custody: https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ProSe/Pro%20se%20filing%20guide-Immigration%20detention-final.pdf

Additional Resources