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Immigration

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Updated 4.9.25

Send all Legal referrals (Health Justice related and other - immigration, family, housing, employment...etc.) directly to Sachin at sachin.gupte@wisc.edu and advocacy@cpp.wisc.edu  Include the patient's name; contact info; and issue.

Catholic Multicultural Center

Location / Contact:                                                   Attorney office hours:

1862 Beld St                                                               Tuesday - Friday                          9am - 4:30pm

Madison, WI 53713                                                    Saturdays                                      10am - 2pm
(608) 441-0114

About:

  • Appointment only

  • Attorneys provide services on a sliding-fee scale basis (based on household income)

Centro Hispano

Location / Contact:

810 W Badger Rd

Madison, WI 53713

(608) 255-3018

Fax: (608) 255-2975

About:

  • Offers legal assistance in the areas of immigration law and can assist with referrals to attorneys.

  • Rutas offers alternatives to incarceration for Hispanic offenders, including assessment, individualized planning, case management, assistance in finding employment and academic institution referrals.

  • Staff: Bilingual assistance, referrals to attorneys.

Community Immigration Law Center 

Location / Contact:                                        Walk-in hours:

944 East Gorham St                                         2pm - 5pm

Madison, WI 53703 

(608) 257-4845 

About:

  • Open to the public every second and fourth Friday of the month​.

  • No appointments

  • The Center does not represent clients, but it does offer the following services: brief confidential consultations on basic legal immigration, case assessment and legal advice provided by our volunteer immigration lawyers, assistance with immigration forms and fillings, referral for cases that need follow up, Spanish translators are always available; other language translators available on request.

Immigrant Justice Clinic

Phone:

(608) 890-3753​

About:

  • Immigrant Justice Clinic (IJC) provides legal services to the under-served immigrant community in Wisconsin. Assist with applications to non-citizen victims of crime, persecution etc, or defending non-citizens facing removal in Immigration Court. Also provides legal assistance to non-citizens detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

  • IJC can help if you or a family has been placed in removal proceedings, scheduled for a hearing before the Immigration Court in Chicago IL, detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), persecuted in country of origin etc. IJC also help people who do not have legal status in the USA but has been victims of domestic violence, human trafficking or other crimes in the USA. 

RISE Law Center of End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin 

Location / Contact:

1245 E Washington Ave

Madison, WI 53703 
(608) 256-1015 

 

About:

  • Nonprofit multilingual law office which provides direct representation to immigrants and refugees in immigration and family law, as well as protection orders.  

  • Full family law assistance is offered in the southeastern part of Wisconsin with limited representation throughout the State.  

  •  Can occasionally offer pro bono work depending on situation. When pro bono services aren't available due to grant restrictions, RISE Law Center offers low fee services.

United Refugee Services of Wisconsin, Inc. (URSW)

Location / Contact:

312 N. 3d St

Madison, WI 53704

dcfrefugee@wisconsin.gov
(608) 422-6280

 

Contact: ThajYing Lee, Executive Director

 

About:

Offers legal assistance to refugees with legal needs. 

 

​Eligibility:

Services are mainly for refugees, asylees, and their descendents living in Dane and Rock Counties.

 

Staff:

Bilingual and bi-cultural staff who provide support services and information to individuals and families as they adjust to their new life in Wisconsin.

Sunshine Legal Clinic

Location:

Sunshine Supper location

1632 W Main St

Sun Prairie, WI 53590

When:

Every first Thursday of the month from 5-7 P.M.

About:

Sunshine Legal Clinic is a no fee legal clinic  whose mission is to improve access to legal services in and around Sun Prairie, Wisconsin who could otherwise not afford an attorney. They provide advice in the following areas: family law, immigration law, employment law, collections, landlord/tenant issues, small claims, and more.

Updated 4.9.25

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