The Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) is starting a new pilot program to provide hundreds of school-aged immigrant children in San Francisco who have experienced abandonment, abuse, or neglect by at least one parent a pathway to legal residency and citizenship.
The JDC has so far identified at least 600 minors within the San Francisco Unified School District who currently lack legal status, entered the United States unaccompanied, or otherwise need immigration legal services. Through the work of volunteer attorneys, the JDC plans to provide these minors with something called Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, which will allow these children to stay in the United States without fear of deportation, to attend school and work legally without fear of reprisal.
Most of these children are primarily Spanish speakers with limited English proficiency. Interpreters will be essential to being able to provide life-changing legal services to these children, and likely many more that the JDC have not even yet identified.
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201 Mission St., Suite 400, San Francisco, CA 94105, US
The Justice & Diversity Center advances fairness and equality by providing pro bono legal services to low-income people and educational programs that foster diversity in the legal profession.
The Justice & Diversity Center of The Bar Association of San Francisco (JDC) provides pro bono legal and related social services to low-income and homeless San Francisco residents and to nonprofit organizations that serve these communities. We provide these services primarily through the use of volunteer attorneys and non-attorneys. JDC takes a holistic approach to legal services, seeking to address the full range of legal and social services issues that prevent our clients from retaining stability in their lives.
Justice & Diversity Center50 Fremont St. Suite 1700San Francisco, CA 94105
September 4, 2024
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