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Are you affiliated with a non-profit organization interested in increasing its capacity to serve immigrants? Are you a service provider who is frequently asked, because of linguistic or cultural capabilities, to prepare immigration forms? If either is the case, we encourage you to attend this informational session* to learn about the value and process of becoming authorized to provide immigration legal services.
Date: Friday, February 17th, 2012 9:30a.m.-12:30p.m.
Location: USCIS Detroit District Office 11411 E. Jefferson, Detroit, 48214
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*Please note that this session will not include any of the official training necessary for accreditation.
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The Michigan Immigrant Rights Center (MIRC) is a joint project of Legal Services of South Central Michigan's Michigan Poverty Law Program and Farmworker Legal Services divisions. MIRC focuses on the following objectives: technical and co-counsel assistance and training to Michigan legal aid and pro bono attorneys handling immigration and immigrant rights matters; systemic advocacy on behalf of Michigan's low-income immigrants and their families; legislative and legal development tracking and analysis; coalition-building among immigration assistance providers and immigrant advocacy organizations statewide; and support and training for domestic violence survivor attorneys and advocates regarding the rights of battered immigrants.
MIRC is staffed by Susan E. Reed, Immigration Law Support Attorney with the Michigan Poverty Law Program. Susan is available to handle or co-counsel a limited number of impact cases referred by attorneys and advocates. We will consider advocates' referrals of cases involving victim-based benefits, for example, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) benefits and U non-immigrant visas, for immigrants in removal proceedings. Advocates statewide should feel free to contact Susan with any question or concern regarding a client's immigration status or its impact on other legal matters. Because of our limited resources and focus on support and training, MIRC accepts cases on a referral-only basis. In early September 2010, two Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Legal Fellows, Maura Hagen and Carolyn Krieger, joined the staff of MIRC thanks to additional support from the Michigan State Bar Foundation and Dykema Gossett, PLLC.
In 2011, MIRC launched a Welcoming Michigan initiative modeled on the very successful Welcoming America model. Welcoming Michigan is sponsored by the Ford Foundation.
The work of the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center is made possible by grants from the Michigan State Bar Foundation, the Arcus Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and a U.S. Department of Justice Legal Assistance for Victims Grant.
