The Immigration unit provides services to low-income clients in the Los Angeles Metropolitan area including:

	Naturalization
	Battered Immigrant Women
	Representation in Administrative INS and Immigration Court Proceedings

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Naturalization

	Assist clients seeking to become U.S. citizens through naturalization clinics at high schools and at senior citizens' and other community centers
	File administrative appeals of INS denials of naturalization
	File Federal District Court actions to challenge final administrative denials of naturalization
	Assist and represent clients who need medical disability waivers and have other complex issues

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Battered Immigrant Women's Project

	Assist undocumented victims of domestic violence obtain their lawful permanent resident status under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
	File appeals of INS denials for relief under VAWA
	Represent battered women in deportation proceedings

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Representation In Administrative INS and Immigration Court Proceedings

	Prepare applications for relief in removal proceedings
	Prepare witnesses in removal proceedings
	File appeals with the Board of Immigration Appeals from adverse Immigration Court decisions
	File actions in Federal District Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to challenge adverse decisions from the Board of Immigration Appeals and the Immigration Court
	Conduct legal research and draft memoranda, motions and appellate briefs in matters before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

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