Citizens & Immigration

U.S. citizens' rights

1. Who has a disability under the ADA?
2. How can I get out of jury duty?
3. Getting food stamps (SNAP)
4. If I carry an ID, do I have to identify myself?
5. SNAP (Lawyer Manual)
6. Voting rights
7. Government benefits for immigrants
8. Getting the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
9. Paying taxes as an undocumented immigrant
10. Medicaid and general assistance (Lawyer Manual)
11. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
12. Social Security benefits
13. General Assistance (GA)
14. Immigrant family support organizations in Illinois
15. Requesting a waiver for an overpayment
16. Aid to the Aged, Blind, and Disabled (AABD)
17. Buying and owning a home
18. Supportive housing programs for people with disabilities
19. I can't pay my taxes
20. Community Integrated Living Arrangements
21. General assistance (Lawyer Manual)
22. SSI and SSDI overpayments and appeals
23. Special needs trusts
24. Filing an appeal and disputing an overpayment
25. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
26. Social Security overpayments
27. Appeal a public benefits decision
28. Illinois Pension Assistance Project
29. Social Security Disability: applying and appealing (Video)
30. Property tax relief: the homestead exemptions
31. Disabilities guidebook: social security disability benefits
32. Tax information for divorced or separated taxpayers
33. Social Security Administration's Ticket to Work program
34. Path of a charge under the Illinois Human Rights Act
35. 5 step evaluation process for SSI and SSDI cases
36. Federal benefits for veterans and dependents
37. Food stamps (SNAP) (Video)
38. Overview of Social Security programs for lawyers
39. Losing your US citizenship
40. What do I need to register to vote?
41. Are school expenses tax deductible?
42. What to do if Social Security overpays you (Video)
43. Food stamps for immigrants (SNAP)
44. Legal quick tips: taxes (Video)
45. Dual citizenship in the US
46. What to do if Social Security overpays you part 2 (Video)
47. Information that cannot be requested because of an exemption
48. SSDI overpayments: a video in ASL (Video)
49. Mental illness and accessing public benefits (Video)
50. Request to withdraw appeal of public benefits decision
51. State of the states report (Video)
52. Impact litigation for disabilities and voting rights (Video)
53. New developments around voting (Video)
54. SNAP and TANF overpayment
55. Appealing a property tax assessment
56. Your right to free speech and protest
57. More

Immigration status, work permits and travel papers

1. Self-defense
2. Being detained by immigration (ICE)
3. Immigrant family support organizations in Illinois
4. Green cards for family members
5. Filing documents with immigration for free
6. Compensation for crime victims
7. Traffic violations and your immigration status
8. Are you a victim? A quiz about domestic violence
9. Illinois Dream Act
10. Visas for victims of crime (U/T/VAWA)
11. Deportation and removal
12. Asylum and refugees
13. Introduction to Human Trafficking (Video)
14. Fee waiver for citizenship and immigration cases
15. How to notify immigration about a change of address
16. DACA: Federal Dream Act and deferred action
17. Introduction to Human Trafficking for Service Providers (Video)
18. Help for victims of violent crime in the Court of Claims
19. Fee waiver for appealing deportation (removal)
20. What happens if you do not file a Form AR-11?
21. Board of Immigration Appeals practice manual
22. Immigrant survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault (Video)
23. U VISA and Violence Against Women Act training (Video)
24. Immigration fraud and Notarios
25. Change of address for immigration benefits applicants
26. Administrative relief for undocumented immigrants
27. Immigration reform and LGBTQ community (Video)
28. Change of address for naturalization applicants
29. Going to a removal hearing in immigration court (Video)
30. When you or a family member are detained (Video)
31. Changing immigration status as a crime victim (Video)
32. Immigration remedies for survivors of human trafficking (Video)
33. Know your rights manuals for detained immigrants
34. Your rights under President Trump’s executive order on immigration
35. Immigration pro bono opportunities in Chicago
36. Disability rights and immigration rights: Recent developments (Video)
37. Resources for helping immigrant families with guardianship
38. Differences between permanent resident and U.S. citizen
39. More

Other citizens or immigration issues

1. Driver’s license for immigrants
2. Instructions for employers about I-9 employment petitions
3. Immigration Law Project (Video)

Sponsoring an immigrant

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

U.S. citizenship

1. Filing documents with immigration for free
2. US citizenship and naturalization
3. How to become a US citizen through naturalization
4. Fee waiver for citizenship and immigration cases
5. How to notify immigration about a change of address
6. Citizenship for military members and veterans
7. Dual citizenship in the US
8. Differences between permanent resident and U.S. citizen