Hostos resource page for DACA and undocumented students.
You can contact the Hostos Campus Immigration Success team: Mr. Fabian Wander, Mr. Jason Libfeld, and/or Ms. Marina Esquilin.
If you would like to contact the Hostos DREAM Team, please email Prof. Inmaculada Lara-Bonilla and/or Prof. Victor Torres-Velez, who are the faculty advisors.
Counselors at Hostos are ready to listen and offer support to all Hostos students. Counseling is confidential.
If you would like to set up an appointment with a counselor, please call (718) 518-4319, email infocounseling@hostos.cuny.edu or click here for more information.
The counselling office is in room C-330.
CUNY Citizenship Now! provides free, high quality, and confidential immigration law services to help individuals and families on their path to U.S. citizenship. They have attorneys and paralegals offer one-on-one consultations to assess participants’ eligibility for legal benefits and assist them in applying when qualified.
If you or someone you know has been detained, CUNY Citizenship Now! can provide information on an attorney to assist. .
CUNY's Office of Undocumented and Immigrant Students has a lot of information and resources.
At the CUNY Initiative on Immigration and Education, "educators, researchers, families and local leaders work together to learn about, from, and with immigrant communities, act in ways that center our shared humanity regardless of legal status, and advocate for equitable policies and opportunities."
Their website includes many resources, including a know your rights page for educators and students
Hostos webpage linking to legal resources (some are the same as on this page)
"The City Bar Justice Center’s Immigrant Justice Project (IJP) helps immigrants who are at their most vulnerable: asylum seekers fleeing persecution in their home countries, survivors of violent crimes and trafficking here in the United States, and individuals seeking humanitarian protection and other forms of relief.
We match immigrants with pro bono attorneys and provide mentoring, training and guidance throughout the representation. IJP’s experienced immigration attorneys also provide direct services and representation in Immigration Court.
Our free legal services include:
Legal protections for victims of violence, including domestic violence and sexual assault;
Visas for immigrant victims of human trafficking;
Asylum representation;
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA);
Temporary Protected Status applications; and
Other forms of immigration relief."
The New York Immigrant Family Unity Project (NYIFUP)
"The New York Immigrant Family Unity Project, also known as NYIFUP is a group of attorneys from The Legal Aid Society, The Bronx Defenders, and Brooklyn Defender Services. We believe all people in immigration detention should have an attorney. We represent people with different kinds of immigration cases. We do not work for the U.S. government or the immigration court. All our services are free."
"If you are detained by ICE and are in ICE jail, in New York you have the right to a free lawyer to represent you in court. The lawyers from the New York Immigrant Family Unity Project, or NYIFUP, are here to represent you, if you meet certain basic requirements. Watch “5 Things You Need to Know About The New York Immigration Family Unity project” to see if you qualify." (see video below)
"The Immigrant Defense Project offers the following types of assistance to immigrants and their loved ones who are affected by the criminal system, including immigrants who have been arrested, ticketed, or convicted of a crime:
CUNY CLEAR – Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility (no fees)
"CLEAR provides free legal representation and a broad range of other services in support of partner communities and movements. Specifically, we represent and advise community and movement members on a vast set of issues that arise in connection to government policies and practices deployed under the guise of “national security” and “counterterrorism.”
If we cannot support you, we will try to refer you to others."
"UnLocal, Inc. is a community-centered non-profit organization that provides direct immigration legal representation and community education to New York City’s undocumented immigrant communities."
Please see here for a flyer that shows resources by borough in New York City. The flyer pulls information from the national directory of Immigration Law Help, so you can search for organizations outside of NYC there. Immigration Law Help is a project of Justicia Lab.
"Make the Road New York builds the power of immigrant and working class communities to achieve dignity and justice." Their website has many resources.
The New York Immigration Coalition
"The New York Immigration Coalition aims to achieve a fairer and more just society that values the contributions of immigrants and extends opportunity to all. The NYIC promotes immigrants’ full civic participation, fosters their leadership, and provides a unified voice and a vehicle for collective action for New York’s diverse immigrant communities."
“ADC is a civil rights organization committed to defending the rights of people of Arab descent and promoting their rich cultural heritage. ADC was founded by former U.S. Senator James Abourezk in 1980. Today, ADC is the largest Arab American grassroots organization in the U.S.. ADC supports the human and civil rights of all people and opposes racism and bigotry in any form.”
“The Arab-American Family Support Center empowers new immigrants with the tools they need to successfully acclimate to the world around them and become active participants in their communities.”
"Sauti Yetu Center for African Women, Inc. is a community-based social services organization dedicated to uplifting African and other immigrant women and families by championing their needs, rights and voices."
The Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) offers free legal help at 20 different locations.
Please see this list, compiled by My Undocumented Life, of scholarships open to students who are undocumented.