Innovative
Immigration
Solutions
In regions experiencing a high influx of migrants, local legal capacity is often overwhelmed. With limited capacity, resources are strained as migrants struggle to resolve immigration issues.​​
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To address this gap, we use virtual attorney-preparers, technology tools, and strategic partnerships to deliver services.
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Our Methodology
Our Methodology centers on three key pillars:
We function as a nexus and convener, ensuring that every partner—whether a nonprofit, government agency, attorney, or volunteer—focuses on what they do best.
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Attorney-preparers focus solely on virtual legal preparation. Screening, intake, evidence collection, and other administrative tasks are handled by others.
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This saves time and money and ensures every detail is managed with precision.
Recognizing the need for scalable legal services, we developed and use virtual tools that allow attorney-preparers to work from anywhere.
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These tools fill gaps in local legal capacity, especially during emergencies, ensuring that even during high-demand periods, clients receive the support they need without delays.
Technology and collaboration alone aren’t enough.
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We've designed detailed processes and robust quality assurance practices.
These efforts reduce redundancies, improve communication between partners, save money, and ensure that every case is handled quickly and accurately. Most importantly, it helps secure the best possible outcome for the applicants.
CASE STUDY
Colorado Virtual TPS Project
As the number of recently arrived immigrants surged in Colorado, the need for immigration legal services became critical.​ The founders of the Immigration Response Group partnered with the Colorado Office of New Americans​ and the Rose Community Foundation to address this urgent need.
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Starting in the fall of 2022, Colorado began receiving a massive influx of migrants from the Southern Border. Many of these people were eligible for Temporary Protected Status and Employment Authorization.
However, they did not have the resources to hire private immigration attorneys.
Nonprofits struggled with an overwhelming demand for services, straining existing resources. Migrants couldn’t access the legal services for which they were eligible. ​
The state of Colorado and its cities needed solutions to ensure migrants could work legally and contribute to the economy.
The Solution
ImmRG connected strategic partnerships, built tech tools, trained partners, and provided quality control and project management to ensure the project's success.
Nonprofits
Nonprofits handled outreach, recruitment, screening, and evidence collection.
Virtual
Preparers
Via customized tech tools, immigration attorneys received all materials and completed applications virtually.
Quality Assurance
ImmRG’s quality assurance team reviewed and ensured all applications were accurate and complete.
Volunteers & Nonprofits
Community-based groups and volunteers helped clients review and submit applications.
The Results
Expanded Access
2,500 were directly supported through this program. Of those, 2,203 people submitted their TPS and work authorization applications.
National Efforts
ImmRG recruited 118 attorney-preparers from 13 states. They trained and managed 17 nonprofit intake partners and 59 bilingual volunteers.
Record Processing Time
This project ran for just five months, processing more TPS applications, in a shorter time, than states much larger than Colorado.
