Resources for asylum seekers who entered via the U.S.-Mexico border

Know Your Rights Resources for Afghans in Mexico:

• International Rescue Committee resources for Afghans in Mexico City in English | Dari

• IRC’s InfoDigna platform for Afghans in Mexico (only in Spanish)

Know Your Rights Resources for Afghans in the U.S.:

• Immigration Law 101 for Non-Attorneys Assisting Afghans

  • Presentation Recording

  • Slides

• Project ANAR Know Your Rights document for those who crossed the Southern border:

  • English

  • Dari

  • Pashto

• ANAR Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Know Your Rights – October 2023

  • English

  • Dari

  • Pashto

• ANAR Master Calendar Hearing Pro Se Resource

  • English

  • Dari

  • Pashto

• ANAR Pro Se Change of Venue Resource

• Project ANAR’s February 2023 webinar about assisting Afghan asylum seekers who came through the border, in English. The slides are here:

  • English

  • Finding a lawyer:

  • Immigration Advocates Network https://www.immigrationadvocates.org/legaldirectory/

  • AILA low bono list

  • Project ANAR hosts defensive asylum and TPS workshops and can partner with organizations locally

  • Project ANAR takes referrals for detained immigrants around the country, reach out if you have a loved one in immigrant detention/ICE custody

• Other resources:

• CAIR CA Know Your Rights (KYR) resources in Pashto and Dari

• Additional KYR for undocumented immigrants, some in Dari (from NILC)

• KYR: Avoiding immigration fraud – Sometimes people present themselves to be attorneys but are not, and instead take advantage of the immigrants they are supposed to be helping

• KYR immigrant children and youth (NIJC)

• Guidance on change of address with EOIR/ICE translated

• NIJC Guidance on change of address

• National Immigrant Justice Center – Form I-589 asylum application translated to Pashto and Dari, with instructions

• Immigrant Rights to Health Care

• Public Charge Rule

• Women Infants and Children (WIC)

• California

  • California Department of Social Services – Refugee Services

    • Additional Info

  • Voice of Refugees

  • California Immigrant Policy Center

  • CalFresh Eligibility

  • CHIRLA Eligibility of Benefits in California

  • There are many city + county aid programs specifically for refugees

  Virginia

  • Refugee Benefits & Services – Virginia Department of Social Services

  • There are many city + county aid programs specifically for refugees

  • May qualify for free or low cost health coverage

  Texas

  • Refugee Services of Texas 

  • City of Austin – Health Equity Unit

Additional attorney resources and templates

• Prosecutorial Discretion resource