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Programs

The Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center (PIRC) works to provide access to justice for vulnerable immigrants facing removal or detention and in the community through legal services, education and advocacy.

Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center offers a wide variety of classes and programs to help in every step of the way throughout the immigration process. Learn more about our programs and resources below.

Removal Defense

Community Programs

The Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center provides comprehensive legal services to immigrants facing removal or detention through the following programs:

LEGAL ORIENTATION PROGRAM

Provides free legal education and pro se assistance to immigrants in detention

Statewide

PA FAMILY UNITY PROJECT

Provides universal representation to immigrants facing removal/separation from families.

Pittsburgh/Philadelphia

PIRC provides immigration legal services to immigrants who have experienced domestic violence, sexual assault, and related serious abuses, as well as other services through the following programs:

IMMIGRANT SURVIVORS PROJECT

Provides direct legal representation to immigrant survivors of domestice violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking.

Statewide

IMMIGRANT ADVOCATE SURVIVORS NETWORK

NATIONAL QUALIFIED REPRESENTATIVE PROGRAM

Provides direct representation to immigrants unable to represent themselves to due mental and other illnesses.

Statewide

UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN’S PROGRAM

Provides direct legal representation to immigrant minors residing in long-term foster care.

York County

Provides coordination of services, technical assistance, and training to domestic violence and sexual assault agency partners.

Statewide

MEDICAL-LEGAL PARTNERSHIP

Provides direct legal representation to immigrants in needs of assistance through a partnership with WellSpan.

York and surrounding counties

COMMUNITY RESPONSE PROJECT 

Provides direct legal representation and brief services to immigrants seeking stabilization of immigration status.

York County

Legal Representation

The Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center (PIRC), a nonprofit organization founded on the belief of equal access to justice, works to protect immigrants’ rights to freedom and opportunity in the United States and saves the lives of the most vulnerable immigrants.

 

PIRC provides free, effective legal representation, legal counsel, education, and advocacy to help immigrants obtain or protect their legal status.