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The Immigration Clinic is not taking new cases at this time.
The USD Law Immigration Clinic assists immigrants and their families with a wide range of immigration-related matters including immigrating family members, work authorization, immigration assistance for victims of crime, domestic violence, and abuse, and more. Unfortunately, the Immigration Clinic cannot assist community members with immigration issues not listed below.
What Does the Immigration Clinic Do?
- Immigrating family members
- Work authorization
- Naturalization
- Derivative citizenship
- Deferred action (such as DACA - Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals)
- Immigration Court (removal cases)
- Asylum
- U-visa for crime victims
- VAWA for domestic violence and abuse victims
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Working at the Immigration Clinic as a Student
Working at the Immigration Clinic, students gain practical experience through interviewing, counseling and representing clients with immigration-related problems including immigrating family members, work authorization, naturalization, derivative citizenship, deferred action (such as DACA - Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), U-visa for crime victims and VAWA for domestic violence and abuse victims. Students complete forms and draft documents on behalf of clients. Students also attend and/or participate at hearings at Immigration Court. Weekly meetings are held with the clinic supervising attorney to discuss immigration law, practical application and casework.
Prerequisites
- None