Community Refugee & Immigration Services - Columbus, Ohio

Deborah Jane an acid attack survivor and resettled refugee from Uganda along with Angie Plummer the Executive Director Community Refugee & Immigration Services (CRIS) are featured in Episode 5 of Immigration Nation - The Right Way. Deborah and Angie continue to fight for thousands of separated families in Columbus, Ohio. CRIS is an independent non-profit organization that serves the refugee and immigrant populations in Central Ohio. We have over 50 staff members from all over the world who speak many different languages. Our wide array of programs and services aim to facilitate sustained self-sufficiency and successful integration for the people we serve.

International Refugee Assistance Project

Becca Heller is profiled in Episodes 1 & 5 of Immigration Nation. She continues to fight for refugee rights all over the world and is the Executive Director of IRAP. The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) provides legal advocacy for refugees and displaced people in need of a safe place to call home. We work with our clients to identify and navigate pathways to safety through free direct legal representation, systemic advocacy, and litigation. Everyone should have a safe place to live and a safe way to get there.

Keep Tucson Together Legal Clinic - Tucson, Arizona

Keep Tucson Together (KTT) is a project of the non-profit organization No More Deaths/No Mas Muertes. Since 2011, KTT has worked to stop deportations by immigration courts. KTT is a grassroots, pro-bono legal group that works with volunteer attorneys to stop deportations and the separation of families in Southern Arizona.

Eduardo Beckett Law Firm, El Paso, Texas

Eduardo Beckett is an Immigration Lawyer that appears in Episode 5. He works with vulnerable populations detained by ICE in El Paso, Texas. Because of the proximity to the U.S./Mexico border and the El Paso Detention Center many of Eduardo’s clients are detained and their cases in process to be adjudicated through the Immigration Court System. Eduardo operates a small law firm and takes on many clients, like Berta in Episode 5, but the need for low-cost legal representation is vast and overwhelming. If Eduardo had additional support he would be able to help many more individuals caught up in ICE detention awaiting their immigration court proceedings.

Comunidad Colectiva / Carolina’s Migrant Network - Charlotte, North Carolina

Comunidad Colectiva is a grassroots organization predominantly led by immigrant women of color. Colectiva was created in response to the anti-immigrant rhetoric of the 2016 presidential election and the xenophobic policies of the Trump administration. The founding members of Colectiva are long-time immigrant organizers who sought to advance progressive local policies to protect the immigrant community in Charlotte-Mecklenberg. Additionally, Colectiva partners with the Carolina Migrant Network. Although NC has an established (and growing) migrant and immigrant population, low cost and free immigration legal services available to these communities is limited in scope. There are currently no nonprofits in NC that offer low cost or free immigration legal services for individuals detained by ICE.  Carolina Migrant Network helps provide where there is an immediate need.

Resilience Force

RESILIENCE FORCE is a national initiative to transform America’s response to disasters by strengthening and securing America’s Resilience Workforce—the millions of people whose work, heart and expertise make sustainable recovery from disasters possible.

Colibri Center for Human Rights - Tucson, Arizona

Since 1998, at least 7,505 human beings have lost their lives while attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico Border. More than 2,816 people remain disappeared.

Colibrí’s Missing Migrant Project helps families find loved ones who have disappeared while crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. Colibrí collects detailed missing persons reports and DNA samples from family members and works in close partnership with medical examiners to identify remains found in the Arizona desert. Once someone is identified, Colibrí compassionately notifies the family.

Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center - El Paso, Texas

Las Americas is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in El Paso, Texas providing free and low-cost legal services to immigrants and refugees in West Texas and New Mexico. We have served over 30,000 people from over 80 countries since 1987. Las Americas provides legal representation through both attorneys and accredited representatives through the Department of Justice. The mission of Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center is to provide high-quality legal services to low-income immigrants, and to advocate for human rights. Our vision is that of a country where all immigrants have access to high-quality legal representation based on the principle of justice and human rights.

Casa Del Migrante - Juarez, Mexico

Casa Del Migrante, The House of Migrants is an immigrant shelter located in Juarez Mexico and one of 70 charity centers throughout the country. The hostel welcomes migrants offering them food, a bed, a shower, clothes, a telephone, medical help and spiritual attention. Because of the increasing number of individual’s waiting in Mexico for their immigration court hearings Casa Del Migrants is overwhelmed and in need of support. 

Unified U.S. Deported Veterans - Resource Center

As the newest Chapter of, Veterans For Peace we are committed as an international organization made up of military veterans, military family members, and allies. To accept veteran members from all branches of service. We are dedicated to building a culture of peace, exposing the true costs of war, and healing the wounds of war. Our networks are made up of over 120 chapters across the United States and abroad.