Immigrant Integration & Civic Participation

Core Values | Common Ground | Equal Justice

Nebraska Appleseed seeks policies and practices that promote the integration and participation of new immigrant populations in Nebraska and Great Plains communities. This advocacy has been in response to the dramatic and unprecedented changes taking place across the Great Plains. Nebraskans are in the midst of one of history’s great demographic moments, as thousands of mostly Latino immigrants have migrated to rural Nebraska communities to take highly dangerous jobs in meatpacking and seek to build homes in rural places that have little, if any, experience with Latinos, their language, and their culture. These “New Gateway” communities all face new needs and challenges which affect newcomers’ access to safe workplaces, education, healthcare, financial services, economic opportunity, civic leadership, and justice for all residents. This has created an exciting opportunity to build support for new immigrants, develop new friends and allies, and to help find new and positive ways to create the most welcoming legal and policy environment for our newest neighbors. Building the political will and focusing the public’s attention on the shared interest in breaking down barriers and building up opportunity means engagement in many areas, on many policies. Nebraska may be a “laboratory” for others across the country working on integration for our newest neighbors, but it is one in which the results are far from in.

Non-Profit Immigration Legal Services

Justice for Our Neighbors
Monthly immigration legal clinics in Omaha, Columbus, and Sioux City
Call 402-898-1349

Juan Diego Center/Immigration Legal Assistance Services
Omaha
Call 402-731-5413

Lutheran Immigration Services (a program of Lutheran Family Services)
Omaha: Call 402-346-6100
Grand Island: Call 308-382-4255
Norfolk: Call 402-371-7535
Lexington: Call 308-324-6788

Immigration Legal Assistance Center (a program of United Methodist Community Ministries)
Lincoln
Call 402-471-1777

If you do not meet the income guidelines for these services, you can call the Nebraska Bar Association for referrals to private immigration attorneys.

In Lincoln: 475-7091
Outside Lincoln: 800-742-3005

Worker Rights During Immigration Enforcement Raids

Know Your Rights English (UFCW)
Know Your Rights/Conozca Sus Derechos Español (UFCW)
Know Your Rights Wallet Card English-Español (UFCW)

Know Your Rights at Home and at Work English | Español
(Ejecución de las Leyes de Inmigración: Conozca sus derechos en su hogar y su trabajo respecto a Inmigración) (National Immigration Law Center)

Know Your Rights if You Have Been Arrested or Detained by the U.S. Government English | Español
(CASA of Maryland)