{"id":2676,"date":"2022-07-21T13:13:03","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T17:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/?p=2676"},"modified":"2026-02-09T14:03:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T19:03:25","slug":"immigrant-refugee-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/2022\/07\/21\/immigrant-refugee-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigrant &amp; Refugee Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Immigrant &amp; Refugee Resources<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Legal Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/topics\/cis-ombudsman\">Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman<\/a> <\/strong>&#8211; Assists individuals and employers in resolving difficulties they are experiencing with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccab.org\/refugee-immigrant-services\/immigrant-legal-services\/\"><strong>Catholic Charities Boston:<\/strong><\/a> Boston&nbsp;BRIDGE program (Boston Resources for Immigrant Defense, Guidance, &amp; Empowerment) provides guidance navigating legal issues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Educational and Advocacy Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/miracoalition.org\/resources\"><strong>MIRA: MA Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Resources on citizenship, English language and adult education; health and social services, and refugee assistance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mental, Emotional, and Financial Support<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jfsmw.org\/immigrant\/\">JFS Immigrant and Resettlement Services<\/a> \u2013<\/strong> Services for the social, emotional, and financial needs of immigrants, refugees, and asylees.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lgbtasylum.org\/asylum-seekers\">LGBT Asylum Taskforce<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 Housing, food, and connection to legal, medical, and mental resources. Also provides information on agencies that can assist in finding a lawyer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Immigrant &amp; Refugee Resources Legal Resources Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman &#8211; Assists individuals and employers in resolving difficulties they are experiencing with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Catholic Charities Boston: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/2022\/07\/21\/immigrant-refugee-resources\/\" aria-label=\"Read full article about Immigrant &amp; Refugee Resources\">Read full article<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":209,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2676"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2676"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3397,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2676\/revisions\/3397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}