Citizens & Immigration

U.S. citizens' rights

1. Who has a disability under the ADA?
2. How can I get out of jury duty?
3. If I carry an ID, do I have to identify myself?
4. Getting food stamps (SNAP)
5. Government benefits for immigrants
6. Medicaid and general assistance (Lawyer Manual)
7. Disabilities guidebook: social security disability benefits
8. I can't pay my taxes
9. Supportive housing programs for minors and people with disabilities
10. SNAP (Lawyer Manual)
11. Are school expenses tax deductible?
12. Getting up to $6,318 back with the Earned Income Tax Credit
13. Understanding general assistance
14. Paying taxes as an undocumented immigrant
15. Getting temporary financial help with TANF
16. Community Integrated Living Arrangements
17. Applying for aged, blind, and disabled benefits
18. Social Security benefits
19. SNAP and TANF overpayment
20. Special needs trusts
21. Buying and owning a home
22. Immigrant family support organizations in Illinois
23. Appealing a property tax assessment
24. Appeal a public benefits decision
25. Property tax relief: the homestead exemptions
26. General assistance (Lawyer Manual)
27. Are locker searches or strip searches in public schools legal?
28. Your right to free speech and protest
29. Filing an appeal and disputing an overpayment
30. Filing documents with the county recorder's office
31. SSI and SSDI overpayments and appeals
32. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
33. Serving LGBT Clients In 2018: What You Need To Know
34. Helping your client apply for Social Security Disability Benefits
35. Voting rights
36. Tax information for divorced or separated taxpayers
37. Requesting a waiver for an SSI and SSDI overpayment
38. Illinois Pension Assistance Project
39. Can drones be flown over other people's property?
40. LAF new attorney training: Public benefits
41. 5 step evaluation process for SSI and SSDI cases
42. LAF new attorney training: Immigration law
43. Losing your US citizenship
44. Legal quick tips: taxes
45. Federal benefits for veterans and dependents
46. Request to withdraw appeal of public benefits decision
47. Providing legal services to veterans
48. Food stamps (SNAP) (Video)
49. Path of a charge under the Illinois Human Rights Act
50. Food stamps for immigrants (SNAP)
51. Social Security Disability: applying and appealing
52. Information that cannot be requested because of an exemption
53. Social Security Administration's Ticket to Work program
54. LAF domestic violence training: Public benefits
55. Mental illness and accessing public benefits (Video)
56. Disability Rights Consortium: Access to courts for people with disabilities
57. What do I need to register to vote?
58. State of the states report (Video)
59. What to do if Social Security overpays you
60. Impact litigation for disabilities and voting rights
61. What to do if Social Security overpays you part 2
62. SSDI overpayments: a video in ASL (Video)
63. Overview of Social Security programs for lawyers
64. New developments around voting
65. 3 ways to respond to a Social Security overpayment notice
66. More

Other citizens or immigration issues

1. Driver’s license for immigrants
2. Chicago CityKey
3. Native American legal information
4. Instructions for employers about I-9 employment petitions
5. Immigration Law Project (Video)
6. Accessing non-English language legislative information

Immigration status, work permits and travel papers

1. Traffic violations and your immigration status
2. Being detained by immigration (ICE)
3. Immigrant family support organizations in Illinois
4. Deportation and removal
5. Visas for victims of crime (U/T/VAWA)
6. Immigration pro bono opportunities for lawyers in Chicago
7. Differences between permanent resident and US citizen
8. How to notify immigration about a change of address
9. Filing documents with immigration for free
10. What is the Illinois Dream Act?
11. Fee waiver for appealing deportation (removal)
12. Asylum and refugees
13. DACA: What now?
14. LAF new attorney training: Immigration law
15. Going to a removal hearing in immigration court
16. Green cards for family members
17. Are you a victim? A quiz about domestic violence
18. Disability rights and immigration rights: Recent developments
19. Introduction to Human Trafficking
20. Criminal records and immigration rights
21. Immigration fraud and Notarios
22. Fee waiver for citizenship and immigration cases
23. When you or a family member are detained
24. Help for victims of violent crime in the Court of Claims
25. Being stopped or arrested by the police because of your immigration status
26. Introduction to Human Trafficking for Service Providers
27. Immigrant survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault
28. Know your rights manuals for detained immigrants
29. Resources for helping immigrant families with guardianship
30. U VISA and Violence Against Women Act training (Video)
31. Immigration remedies for survivors of human trafficking (Video)
32. Your rights under President Trump’s executive order on immigration
33. Board of Immigration Appeals practice manual
34. Non-immigration issues facing immigrants (Video)
35. Law at the library: Immigration
36. Immigration reform and LGBTQ community
37. Is criminal record clearing right for your non-citizen client? (Video)
38. More

Sponsoring an immigrant

1. Immigration pro bono opportunities for lawyers in Chicago
2. How to notify immigration about a change of address
3. Green cards for family members

U.S. citizenship

1. Differences between permanent resident and US citizen
2. How to notify immigration about a change of address
3. Filing documents with immigration for free
4. US citizenship and naturalization
5. LAF new attorney training: Immigration law
6. Dual citizenship
7. Fee waiver for citizenship and immigration cases
8. How to become a US citizen through naturalization
9. Citizenship for military members and veterans