Higher Education Legal Services (HELS) provides FREE immigration legal services to students, staff, and faculty at San Diego and Imperial Valley Counties community and state colleges. Highly qualified legal practitioners provide culturally competent, trauma-informed, reliable expertise to the campus community. Virtual and in-person appointments are available, however, on-site appointments are only at the following college campuses: CSU San Marcos and San Diego State University, MiraCosta College, Cuyamaca College, Southwestern College, and San Diego City College.
CSU San Marcos and San Diego State students, staff, and faculty: your immediate family members are also eligible for our services!
CSU students can continue to receive free immigration legal services for TWO YEARS after graduation!
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For more information about the HELS program, call (858) 637-3345 or email [email protected].
For general information about JFS Immigration Services, call (858) 637-3365.
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Missed this presentation? No problem! Join our Higher Education Legal Services team as we dive in to DACA updates and discuss advance parole fundamentals: who qualifies, what is needed to apply, case processing, and more.
Missed this presentation? No problem! Come learn about Naturalization, the application process, including information about the English and Civics test requirement. We will also share information on how JFS-HELS can assist you.
Missed this presentation? No problem! Learn about the AB60 California Driver’s License and how this law may interact with you.
Missed this presentation? No problem! Learn about immigration topics including types of status, agencies involved, citizenship, immigration, and your rights as an immigrant in the USA.
Family Emergency Preparedness Plan/Plan de Preparacion de Emergencia Familiar
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US Citizenship and Immigration Services COVID-19 Updates
CA Employment Development Department – Unemployment and Other Benefits
CA Department of Social Services – CDSS
IRS – Taxes
San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium (SDIRC) – Relief fund for those that do not qualify for unemployment
In a national report from November 2021, CAP analysis finds that DACA recipient households pay $6.2 billion in federal taxes and $3.3 billion in state and local taxes each year — that’s $9.5 billion that support communities across America.
Approximately 29,000 healthcare workers, including doctors, nurses, dentists, physician assistants, and pharmacists, rely on DACA protections to be able to provide critical care to communities across the country. (The Center for American Progress)
DACA recipients and their households are critical, too, in local economies. After taxes, these households hold $25.3 billion in spending power. They own 68,000 homes, making $760 million in mortgage payments and $2.5 billion in rental payments annually, money that could be in jeopardy if DACA goes away.
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