NJ and National Organizations for Advocacy and Support

Advocacy Organizations for Undocumented Youth and Families

These organizations provide extensive resources, services, programs, and communities to advocate for and assist immigrant students and families. Visit the websites for more information.

Organizations in New Jersey and New York

• New Jersey Alliance for Immigration Justice: www.njimmigrantjustice.org
• Wind of the Spirit (NJ): http://wotsnj.org/
• Make the Road New Jersey: https://www.maketheroadnj.org/
• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Jersey: https://www.aclu-nj.org/theissues/immigrantrights
• American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Newark, NJ: https://www.afsc.org/program/immigrant-rights-program-newark-nj
• Citizenship Now at the City University of New York: http://www1.cuny.edu/sites/citizenship-now/
• Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund in New York (AALDEF): https://www.aaldef.org/programs/immigrant-rights/
• MinKwon Center for Community Action in New York (Asian-American community focus): http://minkwon.org/

National Organizations

• United We Dream: https://unitedwedream.org/
• Dream Defenders: http://www.dreamdefenders.org/
• Immigrant Defense Project: http://www.immigrantdefenseproject.org/
• My Undocumented Life: https://mydocumentedlife.org/
• National Day Laborer Organizing Network: https://ndlon.org/
• American Civil Liberties Union: https://www.aclu.org/issues/immigrants-rights
• American immigration Council: https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/
• National Immigration Law Center: https://www.nilc.org/