Immigration Project

read moreThe Immigration Project is the principal provider of non-profit immigration legal services in Central and Southern Illinois. We are staffed by experienced immigration attorneys and excellent support professionals. Recognizing that access to accurate, complete information regarding immigration law is geographically and economically restricted for underserved immigrant populations in downstate Illinois, the Immigration Project endeavors to provide access to justice for immigrants and their families through immigration-related legal and educational services to immigrants, refugees, their families and others in downstate Illinois, in a manner and context which recognizes the full dignity of each individual.

read moreThe Immigration Project offers a number of immigration legal services to meet the needs of the immigrants living in Central and Southern Illinois. Our offices are located in Bloomington-Normal and Champaign-Urbana, and we host a number of events in communities across the state, effectively bringing services to our client base. To find out if you qualify for services, register for a clinic or workshop, or schedule an appointment with a member of our legal team, please call (309) 829-8703 ext. 108, or e-mail us at i.info@immigrationproject.org.

read moreWhether they came over the Bering Strait, on the Mayflower, or are first generation Americans, our staff and volunteers are guided by their own immigration stories in everything that they do serving immigrants in downstate Illinois. These are the immigration stories of our agency. Abigaelle joined the Immigration Project as an intern in 2016. She provides valuable service to our agency through case work and French and Lingala translation and interpretation. Abigaelle's family came to the United States from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) when her mother was granted a visa through the Diversity Immigrant Visa program.