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Legal Support
The ICIJ Legal Department is a DOJ-recognized provider of immigration legal services, with three accredited representatives on staff. We proudly serve immigrants and refugees across Riverside and San Bernardino Counties by offering high-quality, culturally responsive legal support rooted in community care and immigrant justice.
The ICIJ Legal Department envisions a region in which all immigrants, refugees, and others in need of immigration legal services have access to competent legal services and no longer fall victim to unauthorized practitioners of immigration law.
The ICIJ Legal Department provides high-quality, culturally competent legal representation to indigent, low-income, and detained individuals throughout Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.
Services:
- Affirmative Applications:
- DACA
- Naturalization
- Representation at Naturalization Interview
- Adjustment of Status
- Representation at Adjustment Interview
- Family Petitions
- Green Card Renewals & Replacements
- U Visa
- T Visa
- VAWA, Violence Against Women’s Act
- Asylum
- General consultations/relief screenings
- Work permits
- TPS
- Advance Parole or Military Parole in Place
- FOIA Requests
- Deportation Defense: prioritizing IE residents
- Representation at Bond/Custody Redetermination Hearing
- Representation at Master Calendar Hearing
- LPR Cancellation of Removal
- Non-LPR Cancellation of Removal
- Asylum/Withholding of Removal/CAT
- Motion for Change of Venue
- Motion to Terminate Pursuant to Prosecutorial Discretion
- Other Services:
- General Consultations
- Screenings for Immigration Relief
- Document Translation
- Interpretation at asylum/adjustment/naturalization interview
Call (909)474-9996 to make a consultation!
Inland Empire Legal Roundtable
The IE Legal Roundtable (IELRT) is a collaborative network of over 65 immigration practitioners and legal staff based in the Inland Empire. While most members come from nonprofit organizations, the roundtable also includes private immigration attorneys who share our values and commitment to community-centered legal work. We meet quarterly to share capacity and policy updates, coordinate efforts, and plan legal clinics that directly serve our communities.
The IELRT maintains a dedicated list serve where members:
1. Share regional updates and training opportunities
2. Exchange resources and legal strategies
3. Ask and answer practice-related questions
4. Cultivate a culture of support and solidarity across the two-county region
Members include: SBCSC, PEOC, UC Immigrant Legal Services Center, Centro de Inmigrante, Inland Counties Legal Services, CHIRLA, ACLU SoCal, CARECEN, ImmDef, IE Latinos Lawyers Association, Catholic Charities San Bernardino & Riverside Counties, Direct Immigration Services, West Coast Mennonite Central Committee, San Bernardino Public Defenders Office, Canyon Children’s Legal Services, Libreria del Pueblo, Beaman Jacinto Law PC (Megan Beaman Jacinto), Immigration Law KG, Inc (Karina Gutierrez), Law Office of Belen Gomez, PC (Belen Gomez), Godinez Law (Diana Lopez), Empire Law, Inc (Jonnathan Mendoza), Immigration Law Offices of Hadley Bajramovic, and Power Immigration Law (Gene Hays).
Legal Clinics:
The IE Legal Roundtable helps coordinate immigration legal clinics throughout the Inland Empire. These clinics are community-based efforts that provide accessible, high-quality legal support for immigrants, focusing on urgent needs like naturalization, DACA renewals, asylum screenings, and more. We also offer Know-Your-Rights (KYR) workshops and other informational presentations tailored to the moment—such as updates on new immigration policies or resources for specific immigrant communities.
Email Yazmin Mercardo, yazmin@ic4ij.org, if you want to learn how to join the IE Legal Roundtable.
