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NIJC's LGBTQ Immigrant Rights Initiative provides legal services to immigrants who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) and those who are living with HIV. If you or someone you know is detained by immigration, no matter where in the country the detention center is located, we can provide information and assistance to help the detained individual avoid deportation. Their Asylum Documentation Project will send any detained person a packet of information that they can submit to the immigration court in support of a request for asylum.

Immigration detentionDeportationLegal advice

What to do next

Ways to connect

Call 312-583-9721

Call for help if you are detained.

LGBTQ asylum seekers: Call 773-672-6551 on Wednesdays and Fridays between 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM.

Details

ADA Accessible
Yes
Free
Yes
Available Languages
Spanish
Safe Spaces
LGBTQ Friendly, Transgender, Nonbinary & Gender Nonconforming Friendly
National
United States
Appointment Required
Yes
Eligibility requirements
Eligibility Requirements
Immigrant/Refugee, People with HIV/AIDS
Citizenship Requirements
No citizenship requirements

Locations

Heartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC)
224 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 600
Chicago, IL 60604
Mon - TueClosed
Wed10 am - 12 pm
ThuClosed
Fri10 am - 12 pm
Sat - SunClosed

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What to do next

Ways to connect

Call 312-583-9721

Call for help if you are detained.

LGBTQ asylum seekers: Call 773-672-6551 on Wednesdays and Fridays between 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM.