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Causes: Civil Rights, Ethnic & Immigrant Centers, Human Services, Immigration, Minority Rights
Mission: Americans for Immigrant Justice (formerly FIAC) is a not-for-profit legal services organization dedicated to protecting and promoting the basic human rights of immigrants of all nationalities. AI Justice works to bring about a society where immigrants in the U.S. live free of abuse and injustice; can seek help without fear; have a voice in the system that governs them; have the tools to become self-sufficient; and are valued by both our government and our community for their important contributions to the social and economic fabric of the nation.
Programs: Impact advocacy - works to address broader issues affecting groups of immigrants. Afij works to achieve solutions documenting problems, particularly widespread patterns of abuse directed at immigrants, by working with governmental agencies to clarify the implementation of policies and assist other groups serving immigrants.
direct services: afij protects and promote the basic human rights of low income immigrants of all nationalities. Serves abused immigrant women and children. Afij provides legal representation to individuals at its office in miami, fl.