Stronger in Solidarity
The Resurrection Project’s ability to deliver on its mission of immigrant justice relies deeply on its robust network of partnerships. These collaborations amplify our impact by connecting us with trusted community organizations, legal experts, and advocates who share our commitment to empowering immigrant families. Together, we pool resources, expertise, and collective action to provide vital services, advance policy changes, and create opportunities that uphold the dignity and rights of immigrants. Our partnerships are the foundation of our strength, enabling us to respond effectively to the evolving challenges faced by the immigrant community.
Illinois Access to Justice
Illinois Access to Justice is a statewide program that seeks to mitigate the devastating consequences of all forms of detention, incarceration, family separation, and the resulting crippling effects on historically marginalized communities. Through a coalition of community-centered organizations, we are expanding holistic community-based legal services, including direct representation and mass legal literacy campaigns led by Community Navigators.
Funding is provided by the Illinois Department of Human Services, Office of Welcoming Centers for Refugee and Immigrant Services.
Chicago Legal Protection Fund
The Chicago Legal Protection Fund (LPF) is a citywide initiative supporting organizations that protect and empower immigrants in Chicago. The fund launched in January 2017 to advocate for the more than 180,000 immigrants and their families in Chicago following the 2016 presidential election. In its eighth year, LPF continues to protect and strengthen the Chicago immigrant community through its collaborative model that links 11 community navigator organizations led by The Resurrection Project (TRP) with legal counsel and expertise from the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC).
Community Navigators and legal advocates have prevented hundreds of deportations, kept families together, connected the immigrant community to vital resources, facilitated personal and community growth through leadership development, and paved the way for many undocumented immigrants to adjust their status.
Funding is provided by the Chicago Department of Family and Support Services.
LPF Partner Organizations
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National Immigrant Justice Center
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Centro de Trabajadores Unidos
Centro Romero
Enlace Chicago
Erie Neighborhood House
Haitian American Museum of Chicago
HANA Center
Indo-American Center
Northwest Center
Southwest Organizing Project
The Resurrection Project
United African Organization
Immigrant Legal Support Program
Launched in September 2024, the Immigrant Legal Support Program (ILSP) is a statewide initiative designed to increase access to legal services and information through: Centralized and coordinated pro se workshops; Direct referral networks; and reliable, accessible information through Community Navigators.
Five lead agencies coordinate weekly workshops across the state, working in partnership with 44 community-based organizations. At workshops, applicants have access to legal screenings, legal advice, and if eligible, application assistance for certain immigration benefits, including Asylum, Temporary Protected Status, Deferred Action for Labor Enforcement, and work permits.
Funding is provided by the Illinois Department of Human Services, Office of Welcoming Centers for Refugee and Immigrant Services.
ILSP Lead Partner Organizations
ILSP Legal Service & Community Navigator Partners
AKWAABA Quad Cities
Alianza Hispanoamericana
Arab American Family Services
ARISE Chicago
Beyond Legal Aid
Casa Michoacán
Catholic Charities
Centro de Información
Centro Romero
Chicago Community & Workers Rights
Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
Children’s Legal Center
Enlace Chicago
Erie Neighborhood House
Farmworker & Landscaper Advocacy Project
Haitian American Museum of Chicago
Haitian Congress
Hispanic American Community Education Services
Hispanic Women of Springfield
Illinois Migrant Council
Illinois Venezuelan Alliance
Illinois Workers in Action
Indo-American Center
Instituto del Progreso Latino
Jewish Child and Family Services Chicago HIAS
Legal Aid Society, Metropolitan Family Services
Partners for Our Communities
Migrant and Immigrant Community Action Project
National Immigrant Justice Center
Northern Illinois Justice for Our Neighbors
Puentes de Esperanza
Southwest Organizing Project
Syrian Community Network
The HANA Center
United African Organization
Warehouse Workers for Justice
Western Illinois Dreamers
World Relief Chicagoland
YMCA of the University of Illinois
Midwest Immigrant Defenders Alliance
The Midwest Immigrant Defenders Alliance (MIDA) is a coalition comprising four organizations that have united to collaboratively provide legal representation for people facing deportation before the Chicago immigration court: The Resurrection Project (TRP), the Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender (CCPD), the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC), and The Immigration Project (TIP).
The goal of the MIDA program is to provide legal representation to all people facing deportation on the Chicago detained docket.
There is no need to call an organization to seek an attorney in the MIDA network, intake is done through the court system. MIDA conducts intake with the detained client, and a MIDA organization will be able to represent the client in court. Due to limited resources, unfortunately not everyone will receive an intake.
Who qualifies for free legal representation from MIDA?
Individuals must meet all of the following criteria:
In removal proceedings before the Chicago Immigration Court.
Household income under 200% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines.
Have not yet had their first immigration court hearing.
Do not already have a different immigration legal representative.
