RILA supports immigrants in our community by providing excellent, pro bono immigration legal assistance to those who are most vulnerable and who have the fewest resources.
RILA seeks to honor each individual whom we represent and counsel, as well as his or her story.
We work by faith from a deep spiritual and moral conviction.
We believe individuals and communities are transformed through our work.
“There is a reason why the law makes provision for those seeking asylum… What choice does a family under imminent threat have but to flee? What would you do? …To close our eyes and hearts to legitimate claims of persecution would be to repeat the shameful and tragic mistakes of the World War II era.”
— by Eugene Robinson, from his Washington Post article entitled “A Short History on the United States’ Asylum Law and Its Relevance for Today”