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Michigan Immigrant Rights Center (MIRC)
Michigan Immigrant Rights Center (MIRC)
Organization Overview:  The Michigan Immigrant Rights Center (MIRC) is a resource center for advocates seeking equal justice for Michigan's immigrants. MIRC works to build a thriving Michigan where immigrant communities are fully integrated and respected.
Language:  English,Spanish
Cultures:  All
Street:  3030 S. 9th Street, Suite 1B
City/Township:  Kalamazoo
State:  MI
Zip Code:  49009
Country:  USA
Phone:  (269) 492-7196
Fax No:  (269) 492-7198
Michigan Immigrants Rights Center (Ann Arbor office)
Michigan Immigrants Rights Center (Ann Arbor office)
Organization Overview:  The Michigan Immigrant Rights Center (MIRC) is a resource center for advocates seeking equal justice for Michigan's immigrants. MIRC works to build a thriving Michigan where immigrant communities are fully integrated and respected. In order to realize this mission the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center: Builds capacity through education and training about immigration law and the complex relationship between immigration status and immigrants' rights in areas including access to public benefits, family law and child welfare, civil rights, and worker's rights. Answers questions and provides technical support to attorneys and advocates serving low-income immigrants. Recruits, trains, and mentors volunteer pro bono attorneys. Leads systematic advocacy to advance the rights of low-income immigrants and their families. Tracks and analyzes legislative and legal developments related to immigration law and immigrants' rights. Builds coalition among immigrant advocacy and other social justice and civil rights organizations statewide. Represents individual clients in priority areas including naturalization and citizenship matters and the rights of survivors of domestic violence, refugees, and unaccompanied minors. Promotes respect and understanding among immigrants and receiving communities through our Welcoming Michigan initiative. Represents clients in impact cases involving violations of civil rights by law enforcement or government entities, access to public benefits for immigrants and children of immigrants, the unauthorized practice of immigration law, and any other civil legal issue relating to immigration status. The Michigan Immigrant Rights Center is one of several statewide advocacy programs created by the Michigan Advocacy Program, formerly Legal Services of South Central Michigan. The Michigan Advocacy Program's direct service components are Legal Services of South Central Michigan and Farmworker Legal Services. MAP provides administrative services to several statewide programs, including MIRC. These statewide programs are all housed at Michigan PLP, LLC.
Language:  English,Spanish
Cultures:  All
Street:  220 E. Huron Street, Suite 600A
City/Township:  Ann Arbor
State:  MI
Zip Code:  48104
Country:  USA
Phone:  (734) 239-6863
Fax No:  (734) 998-9125