We work to advance the human rights of all migrants by increasing legal knowledge and access to legal services.

We carry out our mission by providing free and low-cost legal services to detained, low-income immigrants facing removal from the United States at the third-largest adult detention center in the US—the South Texas Detention Complex in Pearsall, Texas (bed capacity: 1900).

NOTE: We only accept detained cases.

we provide legal support and representation to asylum seekers from around the world who are being held in immigration detention in the San Antonio area. We also submit requests for release from detention (parole, bond, and habeas corpus) and advocate on access to counsel issues, such as helping reunify split families and finding ways for non-English speakers to consult with and work with an attorney (language access). We work to:

• Protect and promote immigrants’ due process rights and other human rights
• Cultivate and expand attorney and volunteer engagement
• Educate the public about immigration issues and amplify immigrants’ voices
• Hold the U.S. government accountable for upholding immigrants’ human rights

We use four methods to carry out our work:

• Human Rights Learning
• Community Engagement
• Legal Services
• Public Policy Advocacy