Thank you for considering Immigration Counseling Service (ICS) as you review your philanthropy at the end of the year. Your annual support enables us to provide life-changing legal services to more than 1,000 immigrants and refugees in Oregon and southwest Washington…

Yesterday, a federal judge in Texas ruled that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is an illegal program. Once again, we are seeing how a court ruling can throw hundreds of thousands of lives into uncertainty, including approximately 11,000 DACAistas here in…

Immigration Counseling Service (ICS) continues to advocate for the dignity and humanity of immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in the Pacific Northwest and across the country. In the last week, we have heard horrific stories of cruel anti-immigrant policies in…

Each June, we gather to celebrate Immigrant Heritage and Pride month and honor the stories of our immigrant and LGBTQ+ neighbors who make the Pacific Northwest so vibrant. With these celebrations, we also reflect on the sacrifices made by community leaders to move our…

As a member of PODER Oregon, Immigration Counseling Service (ICS) is joining the Oregon Farm Bureau and Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN) to support farmworker families affected by last week’s I-5 tragedy. On Thursday, May 18th, seven of our fellow…

Immigration Counseling Service (ICS) has joined 233 organizations to call on the Biden Administration to live up to its promise of creating a more humane immigration system by ensuring asylum seekers and other migrants are not placed behind bars in immigration…

On April 13, 1978, Immigration Counseling Service (ICS) began our work to achieve justice and equity for immigrants and refugees. 45 years later, we have faced a long road of both progress and obstacles. Our world and international migration have been immeasurably…

Immigrants living in the United States saw a rare victory in late February when a federal judge approved a historic $1.2 million class settlement for immigrant workers in Tennessee. The settlement found that the U.S. government and federal agents used racial profiling…

2023 has barely begun, and the Biden Administration has already announced plans to further restrict immigration and deny thousands of asylum claims, which is a fundamental human right enshrined in both U.S. and international law. Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s…

In a move intended to sow fear and create chaos, Florida and Texas have bused more than 8,000 immigrants out of state in recent months. ICS unequivocally denounces these actions as needlessly cruel political stunts. Governor Greg Abbott of Texas initiated migrant…