Legal Help

The Asylum Clinic Kansas City is currently only taking referrals from our partner organizations or attorneys in our AILA chapter. If you are in need of legal assistance, please reach out to one of our partner organizations for a referral.

Actualmente, Asylum Clinic Kansas City solo acepta referencias de nuestras organizaciones asociadas o abogados en nuestro capítulo de AILA. Si necesita asistencia legal, comuníquese con una de nuestras organizaciones asociadas para obtener una referencia.

Attention: Afghans

If you are an Afghan Refugee who has worked with the Missouri Office of Refugee Admissions or came to the United States after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban, please reach out to Della Lamb, an organization who is currently providing referrals for Afghans in need of legal assistance. Their information is below.

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VERA

For adults in immigration detention: The organization Freedom for Immigrants has a hotline for detained immigrants and their loved ones. The phone number is 209-757-3733, or 9233 for people calling from a detention center. You can also check out this list of organizations that provide legal assistance in immigration detention centers in various states.

Migrant Farmworkers Assistance Fund

Migrant Farmworkers Assistance Fund (MFAF) is based in Kansas City, Missouri. MFAF serves and empowers Missouri's migrant and seasonal farmworkers.

Legal Aid of Western Missouri

Legal Aid of Western Missouri provides free civil (non-criminal) legal assistance to people who need it most and can afford it least. With offices in Kansas City, Joplin, St. Joseph and Warrensburg, they serve a 40-county area where 295,000 people live in poverty.

Della Lamb

Della Lamb Community Services has played an important role in the development of Kansas City. During its 120+ years in an ever-changing world, Della Lamb has developed a network of services which move children and families out of poverty and toward an improved quality of life and, ultimately, to self-sufficiency.

KU School of Law

The KU School of Law Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP) is a collaboration between the KU School of Law and two health systems: The University of Kansas Health System at KU Medical Center in Kansas City, and LMH Health in Lawrence. Under the supervision of experienced MLP attorneys, students assist in providing free transactional legal assistance to low-income patients and their families.

JVS

JVS immigration counselors work one-on-one with refugees and immigrants to complete family-based immigration applications, applications to adjust to permanent resident status, and naturalization applications. They also assist with applying for some humanitarian-based immigration benefits. Their citizenship services fully integrate immigrants into Kansas City’s society so they can have all the rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizens.

Avenue of Life

Avenue of Life shares in the city and county-wide mission to end homelessness for families and children in Kansas City.

Advocates for Immigrant Rights and Reconciliation

AIRR is striving to create a network that supports and empowers the undocumented immigrant community in the greater Kansas City area. The network provides tools and resources for people to be able to navigate their lives with confidence and pride.