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Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego Immigrant Services (Imperial County Office)

  • Location:
    250 West Orange Ave.
    El Centro, CA 92243
  • Phone:
    (760) 370-3914
  • Contact methods:
    Drop-in, Email, Fax, Mail/Letter, Phone calls, Website
  • Appointments accepted:
    No

Catholic Charities, Diocese of San Diego (CCDSD) provides low-cost immigration services to eligible persons that foster family reunification, empowerment, and social integration.

Counties served: Imperial, San Diego
Detention Facilities Served: El Centro SPC (CA), Imperial Regional Adult Detention Facility (CA), Otay Mesa Correctional Facility (CA), San Diego CDF (CA)

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, Habeas Corpus, NACARA, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T visas, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions
Types of immigration legal services provided: Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS, Representation at Asylum Interviews (Credible Fear Interviews, Reasonable Fear Interviews), Representation before the Immigration Court
Non-legal services: Language services, Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Office Of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)-funded services for trafficking victims, Referrals to other services, Social services
Populations served: Detained individuals, Domestic Violence Victims, Farm workers, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Haitian Creole, Iraqi, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Vietnamese
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: No
Nominal fee charged? Yes

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 5
Is organization BIA recognized? No
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 1
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 9
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 1

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: American Immigration Lawyers Association, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator
Marco Lemus
(619)287-1270