Clients

Justice for Our Neighbors (JFON) is a faith-driven ministry, welcoming immigrants into our churches and communities by providing free, high-quality immigration legal services, education and advocacy.

JFON accepts new clients through monthly clinic format with a pre-scheduled appointment.  To have your case considered for clinic, please complete this form:

JFON application

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Upcoming Clinic Dates are posted on home page

What We Do

Our services provided regardless of race or religion.

Questions about college if you are undocumented?   click here

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Know Your Rights

For information regarding your rights from raid to hearing     click here

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Need Support?

1100 Granville AVE SW- at THE COOK LIBRARY

Dates: 3rd TUESDAY of the month

Time:  5-7 pm

The group is open to both men and women who are experiencing loss of a spouse or other family member separated by current immigration laws or recent enforcement actions.  Childcare available.

Call (616) 430-5751 for information.

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Information on contacting ICE:

ICE Detention - Finding your family member:
    If you believe that a loved one is being detained by Immigration and Customs
    Enforcement (ICE), you can call the ICE detention facilities where you think
    he or she is being held.  A list of detention facilities is listed on ICE’s
    website at: http://www.ice.gov/pi/dro/facilities.htm.  If you are certain
    that your loved one is being detained, but ICE does not have your love one’s
    information, you can try calling the US Marshall’s office nearest the
    detention facility.  Sometimes the US Marshalls will restrict ICE’s ability
    to give information about the detainee’s identity if the detainee will
    testify for the US government in a federal case (e.g., against a smuggler).
    A list of US Marshall district offices is listed at:
    http://www.usmarshals.gov/contacts/districts.html.
ICE Detention -  Getting a Family Member released on bond:
    If your loved one has been detained, he or she may ask an immigration judge
    to order his or her release under bond while his or her case is pending.  A
    bond is an amount of money paid to the Department of Homeland Security to
    guarantee that the detainee will appear in court for all of his or her
    hearings and obey the immigration judge’s order.  If your loved one attends
    all of his or her hearings, and obeys the judge’s order, then the money will
    be returned to the person who paid the bond at the end of the proceedings
    (regardless of whether he or she wins or loses).  If your loved one does not
    appear in court, the money will not be returned and he or she may be ordered
    removed or deported by the immigration judge.  A judge cannot order a loved
    one’s release or set a bond if he or she was detained while entering the
    United States or if he or she has been convicted of serious crimes (although
    some exceptions apply).  Consult an attorney to discuss whether your loved
    one is eligible for a bond.  The immigration judge will consider two factors
    when deciding whether to grant, reduce or increase a bond: 1) Whether your
    loved one will be a danger to the community and 2) Whether your loved one
    will be a flight risk if released.

    Data compiled from various sources, including the National Immigrant Justice
    Center, www.immigrantjustice.org.