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Our Immigration Department advises our criminal defense attorneys and strategizes with clients to avoid negative immigration consequences of contact with the criminal legal system. Our noncitizen clients receive expert legal services from criminal and immigration attorneys to keep them safe from deportation or eligible for relief from deportation in front of an Immigration Judge.

Queens Defenders’ Immigration Attorneys represent clients before the Immigration Courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals.

We file affirmative applications for our clients to secure immigration benefits, including applications for DACA, U visas, naturalization, and adjustment of status.

Through our Jamaica and Far Rockaway centers, Queens Defenders engages in immigration community education efforts to provide resources and information throughout Queens.

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Justice Matters. It's Your Right.

Immigration

Our expert attorneys work closely with clients to educate them about the potential consequences of pleading guilty or going to trial.

Queens Defenders’ Immigration Attorneys represent clients before the Immigration Courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals.

We file affirmative applications for our clients to secure immigration benefits, including applications for DACA, U visas, naturalization, and adjustment of status.

Through our Jamaica and Far Rockaway centers, Queens Defenders engages in immigration community education efforts to provide resources and information throughout Queens.

Here's howyou can help.

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Justice Matters. It’s Your Right.

170 Rockaway students have been trained as Youth Justice Court advocates since 2010. 77 QD felony youth cases were transferred from Criminal Court to Family Court in 2019.

Justice Matters. It’s Your Right.

Since 1996, Queens Defenders has served more than 450,000 people. Our social workers supported over 525 criminal court clients in 2019.

Justice Matters. It’s Your Right.

Over 5,000 people visited the Rockaway Justice Center in its first year.
QD collaborated with 18 nonprofits to support residents of the Rockaways.

Justice Matters. It’s Your Right.

The Queens Defenders commitment extends well beyond the courtroom. We employ a team of social workers who connect clients with critical resources and alternatives to incarceration.

Justice Matters. It’s Your Right.

2,700 immigrants received legal services from QD in 2019. Our immigration clients come from 113 countries.

Justice Matters. It's Your Right.

Immigration

Our expert attorneys work closely with clients to educate them about the potential consequences of pleading guilty or going to trial.

Queens Defenders’ Immigration Attorneys represent clients before the Immigration Courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals.

We file affirmative applications for our clients to secure immigration benefits, including applications for DACA, U visas, naturalization, and adjustment of status.

Through our Jamaica and Far Rockaway centers, Queens Defenders engages in immigration community education efforts to provide resources and information throughout Queens.

Here's howyou can help.

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Justice Matters. It’s Your Right.

170 Rockaway students have been trained as Youth Justice Court advocates since 2010. 77 QD felony youth cases were transferred from Criminal Court to Family Court in 2019.

Justice Matters. It’s Your Right.

Since 1996, Queens Defenders has served more than 450,000 people. Our social workers supported over 525 criminal court clients in 2019.

Justice Matters. It’s Your Right.

Over 5,000 people visited the Rockaway Justice Center in its first year.QD collaborated with 18 nonprofits to support residents of the Rockaways.

Justice Matters. It’s Your Right.

The Queens Defenders commitment extends well beyond the courtroom. We employ a team of social workers who connect clients with critical resources and alternatives to incarceration.

Justice Matters. It’s Your Right.

2,700 immigrants received legal services from QD in 2019. Our immigration clients come from 113 countries.

Over 5,000 people visited the Rockaway Justice Center in its first year.
QD collaborated with 18 nonprofits to support residents of the Rockaways.