Immigrant & Refugee Resources
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) information
National Immigration Law Center
The National Immigration Law Center (NILC) contains extensive up-to-date information about DACA, advocacy, and general advice and information. Visit the following links for more specific information.
DACA: https://www.nilc.org/issues/daca
The American Civil Liberties Union - NJ Chapter
The ACLU provides information and advocates for immigration and civil rights:
P.O. Box 32159
Newark, NJ 07102
(973) 642-2084
American Friends Service Committee
The AFSC provides immigration legal counseling and advocates for immigration and civil rights:
1501 Cherry Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-241-7000
Camden Center for Law & Social Justice
The Camden Center for Law & Social Justice provides low-cost legal assistance to immigrants and refugees unable to afford a private attorney:
126 N. Broadway
2nd Floor
Camden, NJ 08103 856-583-2950
The Catholic Charities of Camden’s Refugee and Immigration Services Department includes the Refugee Resettlement program and low-cost immigration services:
1845 Haddon Avenue
Camden, NJ 08103
856-342-4161
Council on American Islamic Relations - NJ Chapter
CAIR monitors civil rights violations and hate crimes:
4475 S. Clinton Ave., Suite 202
South Plainfield, NJ, 07080
(908) 668-5900
First Friends offers volunteer visitation to detained immigrants and asylum seekers, resettlement assistance, and advocacy:
53 South Hackensack Ave.
Kearny, NJ 07032
(908) 965-0455
www.maketheroadnj.org MTRNJ provides immigration legal services and advocates for immigration and civil rights through community organizing:
42 Broad Street
Elizabeth, NJ 07201 (908) 368-1196
New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice
NJAIJ provides information and advocates for immigration and civil rights:
973-474-9850
Online MSW Immigrant Resources
https://www.onlinemswprograms.com/resources/social-issues/support-resources-immigrants-refugees/
Immigrant support online resources, broken down by education, employment, health, housing, legal and safety issues. Collected by the site OnlineMSW.com (Online Masters of Social Work).
SJLS, the South Jersey regional office of Legal Services of New Jersey, offers immigration legal services:
745 Market Street
Camden, NJ 08102 (856) 964-2010
Citizenship Resources
The Internet is a treasure trove for citizenship test preparation. For ESL students, web sites are often better than books because many ease the challenge by featuring audio. (It’s important to remember that for the famous 100 questions section of the citizenship interview, a student needs to understand the questions when they’re spoken, and be able to speak the answers.)
For just about everything you need to know about studying for citizenship, you can visit the official U.S .Government Web site, the USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services): https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/learners/study-test. The site gives a great overview of the requirements as well as links to study resources.
Another site, http://www.citizenshipstudyguide.com, features interactive study, including audio for the questions; interactive flashcards; a famous person matching game; and an interactive practice quiz.
For more depth on civics and simple explanations of key civics topics and historical events, try http://americanhistory.si.edu/citizenship/. This site, called Preparing for the Oath, is interactive, with visuals and audio, with options for a word study with definitions, and a teacher’s guide.
12/2021