Immigration Institute of the Bay Area Search IIBA About Us Immigration Services You Can Help Contact Us DONATE ENGLISH Immigrant Voices We hope you enjoy getting to know some of the incredible people who are at the heart of IIBA’s work. IMMIGRANT VOICES Giving Back to his Community, with the Help of DACA Octavio, an IIBA DACA client and professional U.S. soccer player, started a local nonprofit to help disadvantaged youth in the East Bay. Continue reading IMMIGRANT VOICES The Impact of IIBA’s Legal Services in the Lives of the Immigrants We Serve Learn more about the impact IIBA, the largest nonprofit provider of immigration legal services in Northern California, makes in the lives of the immigrants we serve. Continue reading IMMIGRANT VOICES IIBA’s Photo Series “Heart of IIBA” IIBA’s photo series, “Heart of IIBA,” is a celebration of our clients, staff, and volunteers. Continue reading IMMIGRANT VOICES Video: IIBA’s Impact In Napa County IIBA opened our Napa office in 2013. Since then, 1,300 individuals have become citizens. In 2013, IIBA Napa was a staff of one. Today IIBA Napa is a staff of nine. Since 2013, 6,350 legal consultations have been provided to immigrants and their families, 102,000 individuals have been educated on their rights, and 620 students… Continue reading IMMIGRANT VOICES IIBA Napa Client: Jorge For thirty years, Jorge has been a member of the Napa Community, working in the wine industry as a field worker and tractor driver. He and his wife of 30 years met at church in St. Helena, where Jorge sang in the choir. He and his wife raised their four children in Napa. On Friday,… Continue reading IMMIGRANT VOICES IIBA and LinkedIn Creating Economic Opportunities for Immigrants in Our Communities For years now, LinkedIn has teamed up with IIBA to help immigrants seeking economic opportunity and stability in the United States. Continue reading IMMIGRANT VOICES IIBA Client: Jose With DACA, he could apply for the private loans he needed to finally put himself through Dental School. Jose, who graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in molecular biology, had always dreamed of giving back to his hometown of Napa as a dentist. “I want to give back to families that don’t have access… Continue reading IMMIGRANT VOICES IIBA Client: Jorge When President Obama announced Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) in 2012, over 700,000 young people who had been brought to the United States as children could finally realize their dreams. DACA provided work authorization and protection from deportation, fundamentally changing the lives of these youth, including Jorge. Continue reading IMMIGRANT VOICES IIBA Clients: Maria and Roberto In 2014, Maria and Roberto finally arrived in the Bay Area to live with family after waiting sixteen years in El Salvador for their green cards to be approved. Maria and Roberto, who have been married for 41 years, came to the United States for safety and opportunity. Continue reading IMMIGRANT VOICES IIBA Clients: Jaime and Yolanda In the late 1980s, Jamie fled El Salvador during the country’s devastating civil war, seeking safety in the United States. Around the same time, Yolanda came to the U.S. from Mexico. They first met in an English as a Second Language (ESL) class here in the Bay Area, nearly 30 years ago. They fell in… Continue reading Page 2 Share This Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Linkedin Volunteer Opportunities IIBA seeks volunteer support from volunteer attorneys to interns to members of the community wanting to help. IIBA provides training and supervision to volunteers committed to helping our clients. Learn more Donate to IIBA Stand with immigrants today. Your generosity helps immigrants access high quality, low-cost legal services, education, and civic engagement opportunities that help change their lives for the better. Learn more JOIN US: Subscribe to our newsletter Submit Immigration Institute of the Bay Area ©2021 IIBA · 501(c)3 Status Privacy Policy facebook-f twitter instagram youtube linkedin-in