Immigration: Home

The ILRC is a national nonprofit resource center that provides legal trainings, education materials, and advocacy to advance immigrant rights.

Stay up to date with legislative bulletins and articles related to immigration.

Learn about key issues impacting immigrant communities.

The Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights protects the work rights of every domestic worker in New Jersey, regardless of their immigration status.

The Office of New Americans (ONA) has been monitoring the various changes in federal policy to support those who may be impacted. Last month, they launched a Know Your Rights page, which is updated regularly with additional resources and materials to inform the community about their rights from across different sectors. To ensure that public information is language accessible, the Know Your Rights materials are now available in 13 languages and additional languages will be added soon. The information is also available in other languages on the website through the “translate” button at the top of the page.

Get the support you and your family needs with food, cash and child care assistance.

Affordable health coverage in New Jersey. Children under age 19 can qualify for NJ FamilyCare regardless of their immigration status.

This site will help to see if you are eligible for food assistance (SNAP), cash assistance (WFNJ/TANF or WFNJ/GA), and health Insurance (NJ FamilyCare/Medicaid). From there you can apply for services or learn about additional resources.

New Jersey’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP, provides food assistance to families with low incomes to help them buy groceries through a benefits card accepted in most food retail stores and some farmers markets.

Upwardly Global will work with you through one-on-one coaching and career pathway mapping, offering expertise from 20+ years of learning the needs of immigrants and refugees entering the U.S. job market.

New Jersey’s cash assistance program is called Work First New Jersey (WFNJ). It provides monthly cash, child care, job search and readiness, and short-term housing support for eligible New Jersey residents.

Embracing refugees, immigrants, and children seeking a new life in America.

Make an appointment for a practice interview session with an MCLS staff member to go through all three sections of the test: reading, writing and the civics questions.

Mercer County Library System offers a variety of English as a Second Language (ESL) programs for adult learners to improve and practice their English language skills.