The following organizations provide valuable information on legal aspects of asylum, deportation, and immigration.
Local Organizations Governmental Resources National and International Resources
Local Organizations
Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of Boston Community Legal Services and Counseling Center (CLSACC) Greater Boston Legal Services Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project (ILAP Maine) International Institute of Boston Irish International Immigrant Center Legal Assistance Corporation of Central Massachusetts Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA) Massachusetts Law Reform Institute Mayor's Office of New Bostonians - City of Boston Refugee Immigration Ministry Victim Rights Law Center
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Governmental Resources
Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) EOIR - Boston EOIR Forms EOIR Virtual Law Library EOIR Virtual Law Library – Board of Immigration Appeals Decisions European Court of Human Rights Federal Register – 1994 forward FindLaw - Search federal case law, international law Immigration Detention Facilities - under ICE Office of Detention and Removal Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada Inter-American Commission on Human Rights International Court of Justice Library of Congress - Country Studies Library of Congress – Portals to the World National Archives and Records Administration U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) USCIS Asylum Officer Training Manual U.S. Code, Title 8 – Aliens and Nationality U.S. Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights Practices U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) U.S. Social Security Administration Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) – Federal legislation and regulations
National and International Resources
allAfrica.com – Africa News Alternative Chance/ Chans Alternativ - info for Haitian deportees American Bar Association - Commission on Immigration American Civil Liberties Union - Immigrants’ Rights Project American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) American Immigration Council Formerly American Immigration Law Foundation (AILF) American Immigration Council Legal Action Center Amnesty International asylumlaw.org Border Stories - a mosaic documentary Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) Center for World Indigenous Studies - Virtual Library Defending Immigrants Partnership Derechos Human Rights Detention Watch Network Georgetown University Law Center - Asylum Case Research Guide Human Rights First Human Rights Watch Immigration Advocates Network Immigration Equality Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre International Conflict Research (INCORE): Conflict Data Service International Crisis Group International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission International Organization for Migration (IOM) Invisible Children National Geographic Map Machine Online Atlas National Immigration Project North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) OneWorld.net - Portal for news from human rights organizations Partners in Health Physicians for Human Rights Project Diana at Yale Law School: Online Human Rights Archive ReliefWeb Reporters Sans Frontieres Rights & Democracy Tufts University Fletcher School - Human Rights Law resources United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - IRIN humanitarian news and analysis U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants University of California Berkeley – Human Rights Resources University of California Hastings - Center for Gender and Refugee Studies University of Michigan Law School - Refugee Caselaw Site University of Minnesota Human Rights Library University of Oxford - Forced Migration Online Washington Office on Latin America Women’s Human Rights Net WorldAtlas.com World Organisation Against Torture
