Al Otro Lado

AOL's Los Angeles office handles a high volume of complex immigration matters on a daily basis. We work to connect our clients with critical non-legal services such as healthcare, food, shelter, clothing, and other resources in an effort to provide holistic case management for all of our clients. In sum, our Los Angeles office does a lot every single day, and having culturally-informed, high-quality administrative support is critical in ensuring our clients' cases are handled effectively, efficiently, and professionally.

AOL's Los Angeles office handles a high volume of complex immigration matters on a daily basis. Our ability to work effectively within the community would be greatly benefitted by having a community organizer from the served community on our team. Holistic, humane legal representation must encompass more than the purely legal aspects of any given case, and we seek to grow in a community-facing direction led by a qualified member of the very community with whom we work.

Navigating immigration legal cases is an incredibly complex and emotional process, but immigrants formerly incarcerated by the Department of Homeland Security in prison-like conditions for civil immigration violations face the greatest barriers to success in their legal cases and accessing the resources they need to thrive. AOL's goal is to expand zealous, humane representation for formerly incarcerated immigrants leaving immigration detention centers as they pursue their immigration legal cases and new lives in the United States.

Navigating immigration legal cases is an incredibly complex and emotional process for anyone, and immigrant youth seeking safety from either persecution or abuse, neglect, or abandonment at the hands one or both parents face these unnecessarily adversarial proceedings far too often without any legal representation. Al Otro Lado's goal is to expand zealous, humane representation for immigrant youth as they pursue either Asylum or Special Juvenile Immigrant status to remain safely and legally in the United States.

Navigating the immigration appeals process is incredibly complex and emotional, and many immigrants formerly incarcerated by the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") in prison-like conditions have appealable legal issues resulting from injustices due to lack of access to counsel while they were in DHS custody. AOL's goal is to expand zealous, humane representation for formerly incarcerated immigrants in Los Angeles County with appealable legal cases to ensure their legal rights are upheld and all relevant legal issues are duly considered.

Al Otro Lado’s Los Angeles Refugee Integration Project connects recently liberated asylum seekers and longer-term immigrant residents to necessary resources and support. Our holistic model blends legal and case management services with direct humanitarian support because we recognize that we cannot expect clients to engage in their legal cases, attend medical appointments, or navigate benefits unless and until their basic needs (food, clothing, shelter) are met.

Al Otro Lado’s Los Angeles Refugee Representation Project connects recently liberated asylum seekers and longer-term immigrant residents to necessary resources and support. Our holistic model blends legal and case management services with direct humanitarian support because we recognize that we cannot expect clients to engage in their legal cases, attend medical appointments, or navigate benefits unless and until their basic needs (food, clothing, shelter) are met.