The Face of Immigration: Meet the Santos-Silva Family
ICS, in partnership with the Latino Community Association, works to provide affordable legal services to immigrants in Oregon and Southwest Washington, just like the Santos-Silva family. Your generous donations can strengthen our communities by helping hard working…
ICS Film Selected for Prestigious Women in Film Screening
Linda Freedman's film for ICS, "Unaccompanied: Alone in America" has been selected for screening by Women in Film Portland at the Whitsell Auditorium on Wednesday, September 5. Linda will talk about her film, and ICS staff members will be on hand to answer questions…
UNACCOMPANIED: ALONE IN AMERICA (Documentary Film)
Children seek refuge in the United States for many reasons; to escape war, gangs, or violence, to flee abuse or to reunite with family. Others enter involuntarily as labor or sex trafficking victims. In recent years the number of unaccompanied immigrant children…
BBC: Deadline to reunite US migrant toddlers with parents extended
A US judge has given the Trump administration more time to reunite migrant children aged five or younger with their parents. The decision came after a government lawyer said more than half of the 102 young children may be back with parents by the original deadline of…
Put Human Rights at the Center of Immigration Policy
Over the past several days, our office and others providing legal services to immigrants and refugees have been inundated with calls from the press and people wanting to help the immigrant children they have seen in the media. Although the plight of these children and…
NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR CHILDREN JUNE 1, 2018
June 1st for a National Day of Action for Children to stop family separation. Families are the foundation of our communities, and as people of faith, we know the importance of family unity. Right now, the Trump administration is shamefully separating parents from…
DC Trial Court Rules in Favor of DACA
https://nytimes.com/2018/04/24/us/daca-dreamers-trump.html
New anti trafficking hotline in English and Spanish - Nueva línea de acceso directo nacional contra tráfico de personas en Inglés y Español
The National Human Trafficking Hotline has added 24/7 SMS texting and online chat services in both English and Spanish The BeFree SMS number (233733) has been integrated into the National Hotline, 24 hours a day, seven days a week—in English and Spanish. Online chat…
Portland: Free DACA renewal and consultations/ Jornada gratuita para renovar DACA February 3 @ 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Portland: Free DACA renewal and consultations/ Jornada gratuita para renovar DACA February 3 @ 9:00 am - 2:00 pm Free DACA Renewal and Consultations @ the Mexican Consulate of Portland Find out More Here:…
Florida men posing as lawyers scammed immigrants, Oregon's AG says
Immigration Counseling Service was recently quoted in an article highlighting the need for qualified legal workers to serve immigrant communities in Oregon. An article by Maxine Bernstein in the Oregonian published on January 23 stated: "[I]mmigration lawyers say…
