This page includes links to numerous state, national, and international organizations involved with immigration and immigration justice.  See also the Immigration Justice Resources page (linked in the sidebar).

Wisconsin Information and Advocacy Groups

• Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice, a non-profit, interfaith education and advocacy organization that provides immigration justice information and advocacy opportunities as part of its focus
• Voces de la Frontera, an immigrant rights and low-wage workers center working to create access to safe, dignified work, quality education and healthcare
• Centro Hispano of Dane County, provider of resource assistance, education, referrals and advocacy for Latinx families and immigrants
• WISDOM, an statewide interfaith social justice organization, has an active Immigration group
• ESTHER, an interfaith social justice organization in the Fox Valley (part of the WISDOM network) that offers “Walk in Our Shoes”, a simulation event designed to bring community awareness to the challenges Latinos face
• Dane Sanctuary Coalition, a consortium formed in 2017 in Dane County to assist those at risk of deportation.

On the US/Mexico border

• Green Valley/Sahuarita Samaritans, the activities of these volunteers in the Arizona borderlands include water drops, desert searches, and regularly providing witness at immigrant-processing court hearings.
• No More Deaths/No Más Muertes, a humanitarian organization based in southern Arizona dedicated to giving direct aid to migrants in the Mexico/US borderlands and stopping their suffering
• Frontera de Cristo, a Presbyterian border ministry that provides support and educational/medical outreach to migrants in Arizona, and offers border immersion trips
• Al Otro Lado, a non-profit providing free legal services to indigent migrants on both sides of the border
• Humane Borders/Fronteras Compasivas, a non-profit, volunteer-staffed organization that maintains a system of water stations for migrants in the Arizona Sonoran Desert
• Kino Border Initiative, a Catholic non-profit that operates the Migrant Aid Center (El Comedor) in Nogales, Sonora
• Borderlinks, a non-profit offering experiential learning opportunities along the Arizona/Mexico border
• FIRRP (Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project), an organization pursuing empowerment and justice for detained immigrants in Arizona
  • Parental rights and planning for families page

National Information and Advocacy groups

• USA Hello: A free website to help refugees and immigrants
  • Information specifically about public benefits
• Interfaith Immigration Coalition, a partnership of faith-based organizations committed to enacting fair and humane immigration reform.
• Church World Service, an international agency that welcomes refugees and asylum seekers, provides resettlement services and advocates for better policies
• Migration Policy Institute, a leading institution in the field of migration policy, and a source of authoritative research and learning opportunities.
  • This data tool tracks refugee ceilings and arrival numbers from 1980 to the present.
• National Immigration Legal Services Directory, an immigration referral resource
• National Immigration Law Center, dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of immigrants with low income
  • Downloadable “Know your rights” red cards in multiple languages
• American Immigration Council, a non-partisan non-profit advocating for a fair and just immigration system
  • The American Immigration Council provides state-by-state maps showing immigrants; access the map for immigrants in Wisconsin here
• American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)’s “Migration and Immigrant Rights” issue page
• ACLU Immigrant Rights, the venerable civil liberties watchdog’s immigrants’ rights page
  • ACLU “Know Your Rights” (for Immigrants) webpage
  • ACLU of Wisconsin’s 2022 report, “The Jail to Deportation Pipeline”
• Immigrant Legal Resource Center, a California-based organization that seeks to improve immigration law and policy
• National Day Labor Organizing Network, (NDLON) an alliance of community-based organizations and worker centers dedicated to improving the lives of day laborers in the U.S.
  • Learn about NDLON’s  “Adopt a Day Labor Corner Campaign”
• Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project, a membership organization for asylum seekers, has a  FAQs for asylum seekers page
• Informed Immigrant Resources, a clearinghouse of resources and information on being undocumented in the U.S.
• We Are All America, a coalition of advocates from the immigrant rights movement and refugee resettlement coalitions.
  • Resources shared during Feburar 2, 2026 briefing

Governmental Entities Involved with Immigration

• Department of Homeland Security
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), enforcer of immigration laws in the U.S.
• U.S. Customs and Border Protection:
  • Border Security page: https://www.cbp.gov/border-security
  • Statistics page: https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats
• United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), manages the technical steps in the immigration process, grants asylum and processes refugee applications
• Department of Justice Executive Office for Administrative Review, provides current legal interpretations and decisions on the Nation’s immigration laws
• US Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration 
  • The Refugee Processing Center’s Admissions and Arrivals page posts monthly reports on refugee admissions.

United Church of Christ

• National Collaborative on Immigration (sign up to be part of the Collaboration here)
• UCC GLOBAL Hope Refugee and Migration Ministries web page