WHO WE ARE

Central American Legal Assistance (CALA) provides free or low-cost legal services to New York’s Immigrant Community. Our mission is to protect and defend Central and South American Asylum-Seekers and to expand the civil rights of all immigrants. CALA has had an open door to newly-arrived immigrants since 1985. CALA’s staff are all bi-lingual. Based in a Brooklyn church, CALA offers immigrants a home base for advice or counseling as well as legal representation. We have put thousands of latino immigrants on the road to citizenship…

CALA’S SUMMARY OF RECENT FEDERAL CIRCUIT COURT CASES

CALA has complied a summary of 2017-2021 Federal Courts of Appeals cases for practitioners in the Second Circuit representing Central American asylum seekers.

You can access this summary here

CALA RELIES ON THE DONATIONS OF SUPPORTERS IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT IN THE NAME OF HUMAN RIGHTS FOR IMMIGRANTS. WE ARE A 501(C)(3) CORPORATION. ALL DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTABLE.