Legal Services for Asylum Seekers | National Immigrant Justice Center

A mother poses and smiles with her three young daughters and a family friend in the lobby of a law firm after winning asylum.

$50

Supports a month of secure phone calls with a lawyer

$100

Provides a legal consultation to keep a family together

$300

Screens 10 people for a workshop to apply for asylum

NIJC provides free legal representation to asylum seekers fleeing persecution in their homelands.

Who We Can Help

If you meet the following requirements, you may be eligible for asylum:

You are currently present in the United States.
You cannot return to your home country because you have been persecuted in the past by the government or by a group that the government cannot or will not control or fear you will be persecuted in the future.
You have been or will be targeted for persecution in your home country because of your religion, political views, race or nationality, or because you are a member of a particular social group.