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Immigration & Refugees

Welcoming the Stranger with dignity and respect since 1918.

Your gift to JFS’s Welcome the Stranger Fund ensures San Diego remains a welcoming place for those in search of a safer life—free from violence and persecution. Your support makes our vital humanitarian response possible—empowering refugees to rebuild their lives and welcoming immigrants with compassion.

Immigration Legal
Services Department

Immigration attorneys and Department of Justice accredited representatives dedicated to educating and advocating on behalf of immigrants and refugees.

Affirmative Immigration
Services Program

A woman stands in a corridor with two children, perhaps discussing immigration legal services. The woman, wearing a dark jacket, has her arm around one child. The children, dressed in blue and smiling, are surrounded by plants and windows lining the corridor.

Free legal services to lower-income individuals living in the San Diego area seeking to obtain certain types of immigration benefits for themselves or their family members living in the United States.

Higher Education Legal Services (HELS)

JFS Immigration Attorneys and Department of Justice Representatives are available to offer personalized Immigration Legal Services to students, staff, and faculty at selected local colleges.

Refugee Resettlement

Comprehensive services for newly arriving refugees referred by the U.S. Refugee Program.