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LAFLA Celebrates World Refugee Day

World Refugee Day, held on June 20, is an important day to celebrate and honor the lived experiences of refugees internationally. This event commemorates the strength and morale of refugees who have been forced to flee racial, economic, religious, and gender and sexuality-based discrimination and conflict. Refugees deserve empathy, respect, and support for the challenges […]

Know Your Rights: Public Charge

Public Charge What is public charge? “Public charge” is a ground of inadmissibility. Grounds of inadmissibility are reasons why a person may be denied a green card. This test does not apply to every applicant for a green card.  As part of the test, an immigration officer decides whether the applicant is likely to become […]

From the Classroom to the Courtroom

Imagine going straight from taking notes in your Evidence class to arguing in a courtroom. LAFLA has crucial relationships with law schools and community organizations throughout Greater Los Angeles, including Pepperdine University School of Law—which has a unique collaboration with the Supporting Families Workgroup. Through this partnership, law students work directly with immigrants, assessing their […]

Our Commitment to Culturally Sensitive, Trauma-Informed Legal Aid

LAFLA has a long history of providing services to vulnerable communities across Greater Los Angeles, including the Cambodian population in Long Beach. LAFLA is one of the only legal aid programs in the country with a specialized project dedicated to serving Asian and Pacific Islander (API) communities, which comprise 15 percent of the population in […]

National Telemundo Interview

National Telemundo correspondent Francisco Cuevas recently interviewed Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles attorney Daliah Setareh for a story on the growing number of children who have been denied Special Immigrant Juvenile Status due to an unannounced policy reversal. The interview came as a result of a recent New York Times story that examined children […]

IMPORTANT / IMPORTANTE

All LAFLA offices will be closed
Friday, December 6, 2024
for an all-staff meeting.

Todas las oficinas de LAFLA estarán cerradas
el viernes 6 de diciembre de 2024
para una reunión del personal de LAFLA.