Other Organizations
This section includes a directory of the principal national
groups involved with organizing, services, advocacy, or research relating
to immigrant and refugee communities. More detail about each listing,
including local offices where applicable, is available through organizational
websites, some of which also include extensive pages of links. For links
to AFSC immigrants’ rights programs, click
here.
Community-Based
Organizations
Asian American Civic Association (www.aaca-boston.org/) – 200
Tremont St., Boston, MA 02116; tel (617) 426-9492; fax (617) 482-2316;
e-mail alan@aaca-boston.org.
Border Network for Human Rights – 611
S. Kansas, El Paso, TX 79901; tel (915) 577-0724; fax (915) 577-0370;
e-mail bordernet2001@yahoo.com.
Central American Resource Center (www.icomm.ca/carecen) – 91
N. Franklin St., Suite 211, Hempstead, NY 11550; tel (516) 489-8330;
fax (516) 489-8308; e-mail carecen@pb.net.
Citizens and Immigrants for Equal Justice (www.ciej.org) – e-mail ciejinfo@aol.com.
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles
(www.chirla.org) – 2533 W.
Third St., Suite 101, Los Angeles, CA 90057; tel (888) 624-4752 or (213)
353-1333; fax (213) 353-1344; e-mail info@chirla.org.
Colombia America Service Organization (www.casa-usa.org) – 3138
Coral Way, Miami, FL 33145; tel (305) 448-2272; fax (305) 448-0178; e-mail casa@casa-usa.org.
Dominican American National Roundtable (www.danr.org) – 1050
17th St. NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036; tel (202) 238-0097; fax
(202) 238-9078; e-mail info@danr.org.
Inmigrantes Latinos en Acción – 1034
E. 6th St., #3, Austin, TX 78702; tel (512) 474-2399; fax (512) 474-6950;
e-mail organizate@yahoo.com.mx.
National Coalition for Dignity and Amnesty –
contact Asociación Tepeyac (www.tepeyac.org)
or Farm Labor Organizing Committee (www.floc.com).
National Korean American Service and Education Consortium
(www.nakasec.org) – 50-16
Parsons Blvd., Flushing, NY 11355; tel (718) 445-3939; fax (718) 445-0032;
e-mail nakasec@nakasec.org.
New York Association for New Americans (www.nyana.org) – 17
Battery Pl., New York, NY 10004; tel (212) 425-2900.
Somali Family Care Network (www.somalifamily.org) – 5827
Columbia Pike, Suite 504, Falls Church, VA 22041; tel (703) 379-5900;
fax (703) 379-5932.
Immigrant/Refugee Rights
Organizations
American Civil Liberties Union Immigrant Rights Project
(www.aclu.org/immigrantsrights/immigrantsrightsmain.cfm) –125
Broad St., New York, NY 10004; tel (212) 549-2660.
Amnesty International (www.aiusa.org) – 322
Eighth Ave., New York, NY 10001; tel (212) 807-8400; fax (212) 627-1451.
Catholic Legal Immigration Network (www.cliniclegal.org) – McCormick
Pavilion, 415 Michigan Ave. NE, Washington, DC 20017; tel (202) 635-2556;
e-mail national@cliniclegal.org.
Church World Service (www.churchworldservice.org/Immigration) – 28606
Phillips St., PO Box 968, Elkhart, IN 46515; tel (800) 297-1516 or (574)
264-3102; fax (574) 262-0966; e-mail info@churchworldservice.org.
Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking
(www.castla.org) – 5042 Wilshire
Blvd., Suite 586, Los Angeles, CA 90036; tel (213) 385-5584; fax (213)
385-0702; e-mail info@castla.org.
December 18 (www.december18.net) – International NGO network in support of migrants' human rights,
c/o Ms. Myriam De Feyter, Postbus 22, B - 9820 Merelbeke (Belgium); e-mail
info@december18.net.
El Pueblo (www.elpueblo.org) – 118
S. Person St., Raleigh, NC 27601; tel (919) 835-1525; fax (919) 835-1526;
e-mail elpueblo@elpueblo.org.
Episcopal Migration Ministries (www.episcopalchurch.org/emm) – 815
Second Ave., New York, NY 10017; tel (800) 334-7626 or (212) 867-8400.
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (www.hias.org) – 333
Seventh Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10001; tel (212) 967-4100; fax
(212) 967-4483.
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
(www.icirr.org) – 36 S. Wabash,
Suite 1425, Chicago, IL 60603; tel (312) 332-7360; fax (312) 332-7044;
e-mail info@icirr.org.
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (www.ilrc.org) – 1663
Mission St., Suite 602, San Francisco, CA 94103; tel (415) 255-9499;
fax (212) 255-9792.
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
(www.iglhrc.org) – New
York: c/o HRW, 350 Fifth Ave., 34th Floor, New York, NY 10118; tel (212)
216-1814; fax (212) 216-1876. California: 1375 Sutter St., Suite 222,
San Francisco, CA 94109; tel (415) 561-0633; fax (415) 561-0619.
Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (www.lchr.org) – 333
Seventh Ave., 13th Floor, New York, NY 10001; tel (212) 845-5200; fax
(212) 845-5299; e-mail nyc@lchr.org.
Lesbian and Gay Immigration Rights Task Force
(www.lgirtf.org) – 350 W. 31st
St., Suite 505, New York, NY 10001; tel (212) 714-2904; fax (212) 714-2973;
e-mail info@ligrtf.org.
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services (www.lirs.org) – 700
Light St., Baltimore, MD, 21230; tel (410) 230-2700; fax (410) 230-2890;
e-mail lirs@lirs.org.
Mennonite Central Committee Immigration Office (www.mcc.org/us/peaceandjustice/immigrat.html) – 21
S. 12th St., PO Box 500, Akron, PA 17501; tel (717) 859-1151; (888) 563-4676;
e-mail mailbox@mcc.org.
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
(www.maldef.org) – 634
S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90014.
National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium
(www.napalc.org) – 1140
Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 1200, Washington, DC 20036; tel (202) 296-2300.
National Coalition for Haitian Rights (www.nchr.org) – 275
Seventh Ave, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10001; tel (212) 337-0005.
National Council of La Raza (www.nclr.org) – 1111
19th St. NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20036; tel (202) 785-1670.
National Immigration Forum (www.immigrationforum.org) – 220
I St. NE, Suite 220, Washington, DC 20002; tel (202) 347-0040; e-mail info@immigrationforum.org.
National Immigration Law Center (www.nilc.org) – 3435
Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2850, Los Angeles, CA 90010; tel (213) 639-3900;
fax (213) 639-3911; e-mail info@nilc.org.
National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers
Guild (www.nationalimmigrationproject.org) – 14
Beacon St., Suite 602, Boston, MA 02108; tel (617) 227-9727; fax (617)
227-5495.
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
(www.nnirr.org) – 310 Eighth
St., Suite 303, Oakland, CA 94607; tel (510) 465-1984; fax (510) 465-1885;
e-mail nnirr@nnirr.org.
National Organization of Women Legal Defense and
Education Fund (www.nowldef.org) – 1522
K St. NW, Suite 550, Washington, DC 20005; tel (202) 326-0040; fax (202)
589-0511; e-mail iwp@nowldef.org.
New Jersey Immigration Policy Network (www.njipn.org)
– 972 Broad St., 8th floor, Newark, NJ 07102; tel (973) 622-6448;
fax (973) 622-6618; e-mail njipn@njipn.org.
New York Institute for Haiti Advocacy (www.geocities.com/haiti_advocacy) – PO
Box 206, New York, NY 10025; e-mail scoup12@hotmail.com.
Southeast Asia Resource Center (www.searac.org) – 1628
16th St. NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20009; tel (202) 667-4690; fax
(202) 667-6449; e-mail searac@searac.org.
United Methodist Committee on Relief (http://gbgm-umc.org/umcor/refugees) – General
Board of Global Ministries, United Methodist Church, 475 Riverside Dr.,
New York, NY 10115; tel (800) UMC-GBGM; e-mail umcor@gbgm-umc.org.
U.S. Committee for Refugees (www.refugees.org/) – 1717
Massachusetts Ave. NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20036; tel (202) 347-3507;
fax (202) 347-3418; e-mail uscr@irsa-uscr.org.
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Migration and
Refugee Services (www.nccbuscc.org/mrs) – 3211
Fourth St. NE, Washington, DC 20017; tel (202) 541-3352; e-mail mrs@usccb.org.
Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children (www.womenscommission.org) – 122
E. 42nd St., 12th Floor, New York, NY 10168; tel (212) 551-3088; fax
(212) 551-3180; e-mail info@womenscommission.org.
Related Organizations
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (www.adc.org) – 4201
Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20008; tel (202) 244-2990; fax (202)
244-3196.
American Bar Association Commission on Immigration
Policy and Practice (www.abanet.org) – 740
15th Street NW, Washington, DC 20005; tel (202) 662-1000.
American Federation of Labor–Congress of Industrial
Organizations (www.aflcio.org) – 815
16th St. NW, Washington, DC 20006; tel (202) 637-5000; fax (202) 637-5058.
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
(www.aaldef.org) – 99 Hudson
St., 12th Floor, New York, NY 10013; tel (212) 966-5932; fax (202) 966-4303;
e-mail info@aaldef.org.
Center for Law and Social Policy (www.clasp.org) – 1015
15th Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20005; tel (202) 906-8000;
fax (202) 842-2885.
Council on American Islamic Relations (www.cair-net.org) – 453
New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20003; tel (202) 488-8787; fax (202)
488-0833; e-mail cair@cair-net.org.
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (www.cbpp.org) – 820
First St. NE, # 510, Washington, DC 20002; tel (202) 408-1080; fax (202)
408-1056; e-mail bazie@cbpp.org.
Enlaces América, International Program of
Heartland Alliance (www.enlacesamerica.org) – 208
S. LaSalle St., Suite 1818, Chicago, IL 60604; tel (312) 660-1343; fax
(312) 660-1500.
Equal Rights Advocates (www.equalrights.org) – 1663
Mission St., Suite 250, San Francisco, CA 94103; tel (415) 621-0672;
fax (415) 621-6744; e-mail info@equalrights.org.
Farmworker Justice Fund (www.fwjustice.org) – 1010
Vermont Ave. NW, Suite 915, Washington, DC 20005; tel (202) 783-2628;
fax (202) 783-2561; e-mail fjf@nclr.org.
National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice
(http://capwiz.com/nicwj/home/) – 1020
W. Bryn Mawr Ave., 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60660; tel (773) 728-8400;
fax (773) 728-8409.
National Organizers Alliance (www.noacentral.org) – 715
G St. SE, Washington, DC 20003; tel (202) 543-6603; fax (202) 543-2462;
e-mail info@noacentral.org.
Political Research Associates (www.publiceye.org)
1310 Broadway, Suite 201, Somerville, MA 02144; tel (617) 666-5300; fax
(617) 666-6622; e-mail pra@igc.org.
Religious Task Force on Central America and Mexico
(www.rtfcam.org) – 3053
Fourth St. NE, Washington, DC 20017; tel (202) 529-0441; e-mail jdietz@rtfcam.org.
Resource Center of the Americas (www.americas.org) – 3019
Minnehaha Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55406; tel (612) 276-0788; fax (612)
276-0898; e-mail info@americas.org.
Research Organizations
Applied Research Center (www.arc.org) – 3781
Broadway, Oakland, CA 94611; tel (510) 653-3415; fax (510) 653-3427;
e-mail arc@arc.org.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace International
Migration Policy Program (www.ceip.org) – 1779
Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036; tel (202) 483-7600; fax
(202) 483-1840; e-mail info@ceip.org.
Center for Immigration Research, University of Houston
(www.uh.edu/cir) – 492
Philip G. Hoffman Hall, 4800 Calhoun Rd., Houston, TX 77204; tel (713)
743-3964; fax (713) 743-3943; e-mail cir@bayou.uh.edu.
Center for Migration Studies (www.cmsny.org) – 209
Flagg Pl., Staten Island, NY 10304; tel (718) 351-8800; fax (718) 667-4598;
e-mail cms@cmsny.org.
Expedited Removal Study, Center for Human Rights
and International Justice, University of California, Hastings College
of Law (www.uchastings.edu/ers) – 200
McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102; tel (415) 565-4720; fax (415)
565-4865; e-mail musalok@uchastings.edu.
International Center for Migration, Ethnicity, and
Citizenship (www.newschool.edu/icmec) – 65
Fifth Ave., Room 230, New York, NY 10003; tel (212) 229-5399; fax (212)
989-0504; e-mail icmec@newschool.edu.
Migration Dialogue (www.migration.ucdavis.edu) – e-mail migrant@primal.ucdavis.edu.
Migration News, University of California-Davis
(http://migration.ucdavis.edu/mn/links_mn.html).
Migration Policy Institute (www.migrationpolicy.org) – 1400
16th St. NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20036; tel (202) 266-1940; fax
(202) 266-1900.
Tomas Rivera Policy Institute (www.trpi.org) – California:
1050 North Mills Ave., Pitzer College, Scott Hall, Claremont, CA 91711;
tel (909) 621-8897; fax (909) 621-8898. Texas: PO Box 8047, Austin, TX,
78713; tel (512) 471-2872; fax (512) 471-2873; e-mail trpi@cgu.edu.
Urban Institute (www.urban.org) – 2100
M St. NW, Washington, DC 20037; tel (202) 833-7200; e-mail paffairs@ui.urban.org.
Government Information
Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce (www.census.gov).
National Conference of State Legislatures Immigrant
Policy Project (www.ncsl.org/programs/immig) – 444
N. Capitol Street NW, Suite 515, Washington, DC 20001; tel (202) 624-5400;
fax (202) 737-1069; e-mail info@ncsl.org.
Office of Refugee Resettlement, U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services (www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/orr) – 370 L’Enfant
Promenade SW, 6th Floor E., Washington, DC 20447; tel (202) 401-9246;
fax (202) 401-5487.
Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related
Unfair Employment Practices (http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/osc) – U.S.
Deptartment of Justice, Civil Rights Division, 950 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW, Washington, DC 20530; tel (800) 255-7688 or (202) 616-5594; fax (202)
616-5509.
U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home) – Case Postale 2500, CH-1211 Genève 2 Dépôt,
Suisse; tel (41) 22-739-8111.
As of March 1, 2003, the Immigration and Naturalization
Service was divided into separate agencies and transferred from
the Justice Department to the new Department of Homeland Security.
The new agencies separate immigration services and enforcement functions.
For more information, see:
Anti-Immigrant Groups
Californians for Population Stabilization (www.capsweb.org) – 1129
State St., Suite 3-D, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; tel (805) 564-6626; fax
(805) 564-6636; e-mail info@capsweb.org.
Carrying Capacity Network (www.carryingcapacity.org) – 2000
P St. NW, Suite 310, Washington, DC 20036; tel (202) 296-4548; fax (202)
296-4609; e-mail carryingcapacity@covad.net.
Federation for American Immigration Reform (www.fairus.org) – 1666
Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20009; tel (202) 328-7004; fax (202)
387-3447.
Negative Population Growth (www.npg.org) – 2861
Duke St., Suite 36, Alexandria, VA 22314; tel (703) 370-9510; fax (703)
370-9514; e-mail npg@npg.org.
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