Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center

Programs: Through its legal orientation program (lop), pirc delivers group legal orientations to immigrants detained at the york county prison and the berks county residential center who are facing removal from the united states. Pirc educates attendees about their rights, immigration legal options, and the immigration court process. Through the lop, pirc also provides pro se workshops, individual orientations and referral for pro bono representation. More than 80% of detained immigrants lack legal representation before the immigration court. The lop seeks to empower individuals to evaluate their case and represent themselves before the court, as appropriate. The lop is a critical component of pirc's access to justice mission. In 2017, more than 2,400 individuals were served through the lop.

pirc's immigrant survivors project (isp) provides comprehensive legal services to immigrant victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking. Pirc is the only nonprofit to provide these free legal services in a nine-county region in south central pennsylvania. Through advocacy and the provision of legal services, pirc seeks to eliminate or reduce the incidence of victimization within a vulnerable population who previously had no recourse or access to protection under our laws. In 2017, pirc provided services to more than 200 immigrant victims.

through pirc's vulnerable populations in detention program, pirc provides direct representation and pro se assistance to indigent immigrants held in immigration detention at the york county prison and the berks county residential center. Pirc provides direct representation to the most vulnerable including victims of crime, individuals with mental health challenges, asylum-seekers, and the illiterate. During 2017, pirc attorneys provided direct representation to 66 individuals before the immigration court.