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Provides free legal advice on civil legal issues, such as: Housing:

• Eviction/Foreclosure
• Unsafe Conditions
• Discrimination

Public Benefits:

• Social Security
• SNAP
• Medicare/Medicaid

Safety:

• Orders of Protection
• Custody
• Other Family Issues

Stability:

• Expungement
• License Reinstatement
• Employment Issues

Offers community outreach to educate migrant workers on their rights in the workplace. Services provided by community education volunteers who are not attorneys.

Provides free legal aid for immigrant workers in the Chicagoland area. Offers assistance for immigration issues, employment/labor issues, and family law.

Offers education to farmworkers to identify human labor trafficking in the workplace. Also provides assistance on how to report suspicion of human trafficking amongst workers.

Offers legal representation for migrant workers to recover owed wages. Other areas of representation include:

• Denial of overtime wage rates
• Illegal pesticide exposure
• Hazardous housing
• Unsanitary working conditions
• Illegal deductions from wages [for visa, travel, housing, equipment and uniform expenses]
• Discrimination
• Injuries at work
• Affected by COVID-19

MALDEF has defended the rights of the Latino community in the U.S. MALDEF works in litigation, public policy advocacy, and community education in the areas of: Education, Employment, Immigrant Rights, and Political Access.They do NOT do any immigration representation (i.e. deportation; asylum; adjustment of status)

Ascend Justice offers free help with legal problems commonly experienced by survivors, such as: need reasonable accommodations at work, break their leases or change their locks, screening and referrals for bankruptcy along with crime victims' compensation.

University of Chicago's Arthur Kane Center for Clinical Legal Education offers free or low-cost legal services related to the relationships among workers, employers, trade unions, and the government.

Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project (FLAP) staff and Community Navigators-Independent Contractors seek to educate low-income workers about their rights in the workplace. Our organization builds upon relationships with churches, consulates, and organizations in the community to deliver "Know your Rights" presentations to groups of low-income workers. FLAP staff and Community Navigators-Independent Contractors travel to different populations in Illinois to inform low-income workers about their rights and the legal resources available to them. Through its own community outreach and education work and through its relationship with other community groups in the area, FLAP builds a relationship of trust with low-income immigrant, migrant, and seasonal low-income workers.

Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project (FLAP) staff and Community Navigators-Independent Contractors seek to educate low-income workers about their rights in the workplace. Our organization builds upon relationships with churches, consulates, and organizations in the community to deliver "Know your Rights" presentations to groups of low-income workers. FLAP staff and Community Navigators-Independent Contractors travel to different populations in Illinois to inform low-income workers about their rights and the legal resources available to them. Through its own community outreach and education work and through its relationship with other community groups in the area, FLAP builds a relationship of trust with low-income immigrant, migrant, and seasonal low-income workers.