LABOR AND IMMIGRATION RESOURCES

• AFL-CIO | 202-637-5000 | www.aflcio.org
  A voluntary federation of America’s unions, representing more than 13 million workers nationwide. The AFL-CIO’s mission is to bring social and economic justice to our nation by enabling working people to have a voice on the job, in government, in a changing global economy and in their communities.
• American Friends Service Committee: Immigration and Refugee Rights Program |Migration Concentration Network | 215-241-7128 |www.afsc.org
  The Network supports the social and human rights of immigrants and refugees through programs that concentrate on immigrant and refugee legal rights, community organizing and education in 14 regional centers.
• American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) | (202)216-2400 | www.aila.org
  The national bar association of over 7,200 attorneys and law professors who practice and teach immigration law. AILA member attorneys represent tens of thousands of U.S. families who have applied for permanent residence for their spouses, children, and other close relatives to lawfully enter and reside in the United States. AILA members also represent thousands of U.S. businesses and industries who sponsor highly skilled foreign workers seeking to enter the United States in a temporary or--having proven the unavailability of U.S. workers--permanent basis. AILA members also represent foreign students, entertainers, athletes, and asylum seekers, often on a pro bono basis.
  
• Association for Residency and Citizenship of America (ARCA) | 713-921-0653 | Arca-Houston@worldnet.att.net Founded in 1998, ARCA’s work is focused on “late amnesty cases,” restoring the legal status of more than 350,000 long-term resident families nationwide.
• Association Tepeyac of New York | 212-633-7108 | www.tepeyac.org
  The Tepeyac Association is a community-based organization that promotes the social welfare and human rights of Mexican immigrants, specifically the undocumented in New York City. The Association informs and educates immigrants and their families about their rights and resources. Founded in September 1997, the Association serves and influences over 10,000 members in the five boroughs of New York City and is currently involved in providing assistance to undocumented immigrant victims of the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center.
• Immigration Law Enforcement Monitoring Project (ILEMP) | 713-926-2977 | afscilemp@igc.apc.org
  ILEMP is a network of organizations documenting and denouncing human rights abuses on the U.S.-Mexico border and promoting the rights of all people regardless of their immigration status.
• League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) | 202-408-0060 | www.lulac.org
  LULAC advances the economic condition, educational attainment, political influence, health and civil rights of the Hispanic population of the United States.
• Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) | 202-783-7509 | www.lirs.org
  LIRS speaks out for just and humane solutions to migration crises and their root causes, both national and international; works with Lutherans and others to turn solutions into reality; and encourages citizens to take part in shaping just and fair public policies, practices and laws.
• Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund | 213-629-2512 |
  MALDEF is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to protect and promote the civil rights of the more than 29 million Latinos living in the United States.
• National Coalition for Amnesty and Dignity | 212-473-3936
  A nationwide coalition working for a new amnesty for all undocumented workers.
• National Council of La Raza | 202-785-1670 | www.nclr.org
  The National Council of La Raza is a nonprofit, non-partisan organization established in 1968 to reduce poverty and discrimination and improve life opportunities for Hispanic Americans.
• National Employment Law Project | www.nelp.org
  The National Employment Law Project (NELP) is a nonprofit research and advocacy organization that specializes in a broad range of employment issues facing the working poor and the unemployed. Their efforts include the Immigrant Worker Project, which not only seeks to end exploitation of individual workers, but also helps hold the line against the erosion of worker rights generally. Recent victories include: Working with UNITE’s Garment Workers Justice Center, NELP represented three immigrant garment workers who had not been paid overtime pay required by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This precedent-setting case successfully established that manufacturers can be held liable under FLSA for the unpaid wages of their subcontractor’s employees. The case has significant impact for all subcontracted workers, and is a major victory for immigrant workers.
• National Immigration Forum | 202-544-0004 | www.immigrationforum.org
  A national coalition dedicated to fair immigration policies in the U.S. Works on public education providing speakers, conducting workshops, and circulating accurate data.
• National Immigration Law Center | 213-639-3900 | www.nilc.org
  The National Immigration Law Center (NILC) is a national support center whose mission is to protect and promote the rights of low-income immigrants and their family members. NILC staff specialize in immigration law, and the employment and public benefits rights of immigrants. The Center conducts policy analysis and impact litigation and provides publications (including a monthly newsletter Immigrant Rights Updates), technical advice, and trainings to a broad constituency of legal aid agencies, community groups, and pro bono attorneys.
• National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild |617-227-9727 | www.nlg.org/nip/
  The National Immigration Project is a network of immigration lawyers, law students, jailhouse lawyers, and legal workers who work to end unlawful immigration practices, to recognize the contributions of immigrants in this country, to promote fair immigration practices, and to expand the civil and human rights of all immigrants, regardless of their status in the United States.
• National Network of Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR) | 510-465-1984 |www.nnirr.org
  The National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR) is a national organization composed of local coalitions and immigrant, refugee, community, religious, civil rights and labor organizations and activists. It serves as a forum to share information and analysis, to educate communities and the general public, and to develop and coordinate plans of action on important immigrant and refugee issues

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