Mission

Safe Passage Project addresses the unmet legal needs of indigent immigrant youth living in New York by providing these indigent youth with basic advice and assistance. We work with volunteer attorneys to provide representation for unaccompanied minors in immigration court. Safe Passage provides training, resources, and mentoring to volunteer attorneys regarding Special Immigrant Juvenile (“SIJ”) status as well as other possible immigration alternatives for children.

What We Do

We recruit, train, mentor, and support pro bono attorneys and students who volunteer to assist immigrant children. We have existed as a group since 2006, but we have grown immensely since June of 2014 when the surge of child migrants began crossing the borders. We believe that no child should face immigration court alone.