Finding Safety and Hope With ILJNY: Sunny’s Story
Written by Evelyn Finn-Wilson In April 2026, after nearly a decade of waiting, Sunny, an ILJNY client, received U Nonimmigrant Status – known colloquially as a...
Seeking Justice With Our Clients
We advocate for and provide free or low-cost legal services to people of every race, nationality, religion, age, gender, and sexual orientation who have come to the United States seeking freedom, safety, and opportunity.
Our Mission
Immigration Law & Justice New York welcomes immigrants into our communities with compassion, dignity, and love by providing free, high-quality immigration legal services, offering education to communities of faith and the public, and engaging in advocacy for immigrants’ rights.
Hospitality
“Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing so, some people have entertained angels without knowing it.” (Hebrews 13:2)
At Immigration Law & Justice New York, we embrace the model of biblical hospitality. Each of our ILJ NY legal clinics is an opportunity for local congregations to “open their doors” with a safe, warm, and hospitable welcome for newcomers in their midst.
The beloved community of hope does not only include the sojourners in our midst. At ILJ NY, we strive to build community between the vulnerable immigrants who need our help and the volunteers who seek to be welcoming. Through our ministry of hospitality, we seek mutual transformation.
The ILJ Impact
In the past 10 years alone, we have collectively helped nearly 40,000 immigrants and their families from around the world reunite, escape violence, obtain work authorization and become naturalized U.S. citizens.
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Attorney Highlight: TJ Mills, Managing Attorney
For TJ, Managing Attorney at Immigration Law and Justice New York, church-based clinics are part of what he loves most about ILJNY. “I don’t know of...
Attorney Highlight: Nneka Okpara, ILJNY Asylum Attorney
Last November, I spoke with Immigration Law & Justice NY asylum attorney, Nneka Okpara, about what she wants ILJNY’s supporters to know about her work...
