Are You Eligible to Apply for Citizenship?
(Separate Website)
This website provides easy-to-use online tools to help low and moderate-income individuals to answer important questions about their eligibility for naturalization, to better understand the naturalization process, and to prepare for the naturalization tests.
By: CitizenshipWorks
Citizenship and Naturalization Guide
(Separate Website)
This document provides an overview of the application process for U.S. citizenship.
By: City University of New York Citizenship and Immigration Project
Naturalization
(Separate Website)
Information on the requirements to become a naturalized U.S. citizen.
By: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Basic Facts on Immigration Glossary and summary of different means of immigrating to the U.S.
By: National Council of La Raza
Information About U.S. Immigration Procedures
(Separate Website)
Information from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
By: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Immigration and Naturalization (Frequently Asked Questions)
This document answers basic questions about immigration laws and requirements.
By: Immigration Services of Catholic Social Services
Immigration Forms
(Separate Website)
By: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Living in the United States: A Guide for Immigrant Youth
(Separate Website)
This handbook gives a good overview of U.S. laws that affect immigrants, especially as they apply to young people.
By: Immigrant Legal Resource Center
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Spanish / Español
How to Get Legal Status Through Your Family Member
(Separate Website)
This article is for people who are in the custody of DHS who want to know if their family members legally in the U.S. can help them get legal status in the U.S.
By: Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project
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Spanish / Español
Refugees and Asylum
(Separate Website)
Refugee status or asylum may be granted to people who have been persecuted or fear they will be persecuted on account of race, religion, nationality, and/or membership in a particular social group or political opinion.
By: US Citizenship and Immigration Services
How to Apply for Asylum and Withholding of Removal
(Separate Website)
This article can help you find out if you qualify to apply for asylum and/or withholding of removal (also called "withholding") so you can avoid being sent back to your country.
By: Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project
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Spanish / Español
Your Rights and Responsibilities As A Permanent Resident
(Separate Website)
Being a permanent resident is a "privilege" and not a "right." The U.S. government can take away your permanent resident status under certain conditions. You must maintain your permanent resident status if you want to live and work in the United States and become a U.S. citizen one day. In this section, you will learn what it means to be a permanent resident and how you can maintain your permanent resident status.
By: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Beware of Dishonest Immigration Consultants
(Separate Website)
Information about the practices of scam artists preying upon immigrants seeking assistance in obtaining legal residence, work authorization, or citizenship has risen dramatically in recent years. Many unscrupulous consultants claim that they are attorneys or that they have close connections to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). Others use titles such as notary public or notario to deceive people into believing that they are lawyers.
By: National Consumer Law Center, Inc.
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Spanish / Español
Immigrant Women and Abuse
(Separate Website)
If you are an immigrant to the United States, and you are a victim of domestic violence or rape, here are some suggestions we hope will help you.
By: Women's Justice Center
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Spanish / Español
Immigrants and Public Benefits
(Separate Website)
A chart summarizing immigrants' eligibility for public benefits.
By: National Immigration Law Center (NILC)
All About Bonds
(Separate Website)
This article is for individuals in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) who want to ask the Immigration Judge to lower their bonds or to let them leave
the detention center without paying bonds before their immigration cases are finished.
By: Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project
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Spanish / Español
Are You a U.S. Citizen?
(Separate Website)
This article is for individuals who are in the custody of DHS and who have been placed in removal, exclusion, deportation or other immigration proceedings. If you are in expedited removal, reinstatement of removal or administrative removal
proceedings, this booklet will help you understand whether you have a claim to U.S. citizenship, but to understand the proceedings you are in, you should also read the materials called "What To Do If You Are In Expedited Removal Or Reinstatement Of Removal."
By: Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project
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Spanish / Español
How to Apply for "Cancellation of Removal for Certain Legal Permanent Residents"
(Separate Website)
This booklet is for lawful permanent residents who are in the custody of DHS and who have been placed in immigration proceedings. This booklet mainly discusses how to apply for a form of relief from being removed from the United States that is called "Cancellation of Removal for Certain Legal Permanent Residents." To apply for this form of relief you must be in "removal" proceedings. Removal proceedings are what used to be called "deportation" or exclusion proceedings. If you were placed in immigration proceedings on or after April 1, 1997, you are probably in "removal"
proceedings.
By: Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project
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Spanish / Español
ICE Detainers: Frequently Asked Questions
(Separate Website)
Frequently asked questions about ICE detainer forms, including information on ICE's new toll-free
hotline (855) 448-6903, where detained individuals can call if they believe they may be U.S. citizens or victims of a crime
By: US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
What to Do if You Are in Expedited Removal or Reinstatement of Removal
(Separate Website)
This article is designed to help people who are in Expedited Removal or Reinstatement of Removal or Administrative Removal.
By: Florence Immigration and Refugee Rights Program
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Spanish / Español
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