American Civic Association
American Civic Association (ACA) provides a wide range of services for immigrants and refugees.
| Counties served: |
Cattaraugus |
| Detention Facilities Served: |
Buffalo Federal Detention Facility (NY) |
Services Provided
| Are immigration legal services provided? |
Yes |
| Areas of immigration legal assistance: |
Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions |
| Types of immigration legal services provided: |
Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS |
| Other areas of legal assistance: |
Community Development |
| Non-legal services: |
Citizenship / Civics classes, ESL, Language services, Referrals to other services |
| Languages spoken: |
English, French, Kurdish, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Swahili |
| Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: |
Yes |
| Nominal fee charged? |
Yes |
| Other information: |
Can also serve clients from the northern tier of PA. Assisting with the Central American Minors (CAM) Refugee/Parole Program. |
Staffing Information
| Number of attorneys on staff: |
0 |
| Is organization BIA recognized? |
Yes |
| Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: |
0 |
| Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: |
2 |
| Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: |
0 |
Additional Details
| Pro Bono opportunities? |
Yes |
| Network affiliations: |
Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Immigration Advocates Network, US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), New York Immigration Coalition |
