February 1, 2025
Town Offers Comprehensive Directory of Immigration Resources
BY Amherst Indy
The following resources on Immigration are posted on the web page of the town’s Human Rights Commission.
Immigration Resources
Recursos para hispanohablantes. Por favor, desplácese hacia abajo
Urgent Preparation/Preparing for Safety Now
- Know Your Rights National Immigration Law Center
- Know Your Rights Massachusetts
- Red Cards Immigrant Legal Resource Center
- Family Preparedness Plan
- ACLU Video
- National Detainee Handbook
After You are Detained
- Overview of the Deportation Process
- How the United States Immigration System Works
- Immigration Roadmap to a Green Card by Immigration Road
- BMC Public Health Perception of Health Status of Formally Detained Immigrants
Town of Amherst (& Nearby) Specific Resources
Amherst
- Western Massachusetts Asylum Support Network
- Town Council Statement on Amherst as a Sanctuary Town English Version
Warning a lot of these organizations are at their threshold. If you can’t get to one, try another.
Local Information Centers
- Center for New Americans
- In Chinese: 移民信息中心
- Pioneer Valley Workers Center
- In Chinese: 先锋谷雇员中心
Local Legal Resources
- Community Legal Aid
- In Chinese: 社区法律援助
- Victim Rights Law Center
- In Chinese: 受害者权利法律中心
- ACLU’s Immigration Protection Project
- In Chinese: ACLU移民保护项目
- Reach us from within immigration detention is: 617-637-8195
- Call the ACLUM offices at 617-482-3170 Monday through Friday 9am-5pm to speak to a Legal Resources Volunteer
- You may submit a request via our online form available HERE or you may email us at legalresources@aclum.org.
- UMass Student Legal Services Office
- In Chinese: 麻省大学学生法律服务办公室
- Boston Immigration Justice Accompaniment Network (BIJAN)
- Call 617-396-7143
- Central West Justice Center
Legal Resources
- Prisoners Legal Services of Massachusetts
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement by Prisoners’ Legal Services
Documentation
(Chinese) 部分无身份证件的受害者可能有资格获得：
- VAWA Petition (1-360)
- UVisa (I-918) Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status:
- U-Visa (I-918)
- File Application
- Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status by a Sponsor
- Qualifying Family Members Who Have Never Held Derivative U Nonimmigrant Status Petitioner Application
- Instructions for Form Supplement A
- Instructions for Form Supplement B
- U-Visa (I-918)
- T-Visa (I-914)
- Website to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status (I-485)
- Website to Application for Employment Authorization (I-765)
- Permanent Resident Card/Green Card for Inside the United States
- Eligibility Categories
- Green Card Processes and Procedures
- Being Sponsored
- Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative
- Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker
- Form I-730, Refugee/Asylee Relative Petition
- Form I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal
- Form I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant
- Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur
- Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur
- Form I-929, Petition for Qualifying Family Member of a U-1 Nonimmigrant
- Report of Immigration Medical Examination and Vaccination Record
- Children
- After Filing
- While Your Green Card Application is Pending with USCIS
- Tracking Delivery
- Immigration Benefits in Executive Office for immigration Review Removal Proceedings
- After a Green Card is Granted
General Resources on Immigration
- Massachusetts Immigration and Refugee Coalition:
- MIRA citizenship application assistance
- Immigrant Assistance Services Program
- Immigration Advocate Legal Helpline
- MIRA Citizenship Application Assistance
- Citizenship/El proceso de naturalización
- Massachusetts Resources
Recursos para hispanohablantes (Spanish Resources)
Preparación Urgente/Preparación de Seguridad Urgente
Warning a lot of these organizations are at their threshold. If you can’t get to one, try another.
Centros locales de información para inmigrantes
Recursos legales locales
- Community Legal Aid
- Victim Rights Law Center
- ACLU’s Immigration Protection Project
- UMass Student Legal Services Office
Recursos Legales
Documentation
- VAWA Petition (1-360)
- Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status:
Local and State Organizations That Urgently Need Volunteers:
- Jewish Community Services for donations
- Volunteer opportunities
- Pioneer Valley Workers Center, (PVWC)
- Western MA Asylum Support Network, (WMSAN)
- Catholic Charities
- MIRA, Massachusetts Immigration and Refugee Action Support Network,
– leading MA policy and legislative advocacy initiatives, needs volunteers (Boston area) and offers legal and other training.
– Good to sign up for their bulletin to follow and get involved with state legislative and policy campaigns