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Mid-South Immigration Advocates Inc.

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1101 Kermit Drive, Nashville, TN, USA

EIN Number: 46-3717325

contact information

Phone: (901) 244-4367

Hours: Closed

Mon - Fri 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (EST)

Sat Closed

Sun Closed

Website: https://miamemphis.org/

Email: info@miamemphis.org

NTEE Code: I80: Legal Services

MISSION - WHAT WE DO

Our mission is to provide quality, free and low-cost immigration representation to low-income Mid-Southerners, to seek justice for the entire immigrant community, and to advocate for fair immigration policies.

SERVICES - HOW WE DO IT

The Children's Project MIA’s Children’s Project provides free direct legal representation to children facing deportation. Children’s Project clients have recently fled to the United States to reunite with family in the Mid-South from Central America to escape violence and extreme poverty. MIA defends these children against deportation while helping them obtain lawful permanent residency in the United States. The Children’s Project protects children from harm while keeping families together. In April 2019, MIA began providing legal services to unaccompanied minors placed in transitional foster care homes in Nashville, TN. These children are particularly vulnerable minors for whom placement in a children's shelter would be inappropriate while awaiting reunification with family or friends living in the U.S. The Survivors' Project MIA provides free legal services to a significant number of victims of violent crime, particularly domestic violence and sexual assault. These clients include asylum seekers fleeing persecution in their home countries and immigrants who have been targeted for violent crime here in our communities. U.S. law provides pathways to lawful status for immigrants who have been victims of certain violent crimes in the U.S., such as domestic violence, rape, felony assault, and human trafficking. MIA accepts referrals for Memphis-area victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, stalking, and similar crimes. Family Unity Project Clients seeking to obtain lawful status via a family member pay an income-based, sliding-scale legal fee through our Family Unity Project. Family Unity Project fees are approximately 85 – 95 percent lower than those of a private attorney. All Family Unity clients live in households below 150 percent of federal poverty level. People benefiting from this program include immediate relatives of U.S. citizens. Many people in our community qualify for legal status, but simply cannot afford expensive legal fees. Ensuring that “mixed status” families stay together provides economic and social benefits to our entire community. Asylum Initiative Through the Asylum Initiative, MIA currently represents recent Afghan arrivals. Our organization collaborates with Welcome South Coalition in this effort. MIA is seeking resources to provide more comprehensive support to detained asylum seekers in the Mid-South.