The Right to Immigration Institute

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The Right to Immigration Institute provides immigration legal services and works to address the problem of underrepresentation in immigration court by training community members in all facets of immigration law. The Right To Immigration Institute, located in Waltham, Massachusetts, works to represent those filing for asylum, naturalization, U visas and T visas, VAWA, Work Reauthorization, Green Ca

rd Replacement and more human rights and immigration related issues. With not only interpretation in over 10 languages and 40+ years of combined legal experience, TRII is also one of the only groups in the United States empowering immigrant communities by training community leaders and undergraduate students to become Department of Justice accredited representatives. Since its founding at Brandeis University in 2016, TRII has grown in numbers and just this month has expanded to a new space located right in the center of Waltham. Beyond mere representation services, TRII strives to aid our community in matters related to immigration, but also in their pursuit of housing, food security, and public benefits.

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14b Felton Street
Waltham, MA
02453

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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(781) 325-2401

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Founded in the Fall of 2016, The Right to Immigration Institute (TRII- pronounced "tree") was started by a Brandeis Professor and three Brandeis Students with the goal of addressing the problem of under-representation in immigration courts. Since then, TRII has grown to a team of several attorneys, two DOJ partially accredited representatives, and over 30 volunteers.

Representation is essential in ensuring someone seeking immigration relief is successful. In 2016, for example, 90% of unrepresented asylum cases in immigration court were denied. In contrast, with representation, asylum cases in immigration court have a success rate of ~50%. With nearly 700,000 pending asylum cases nationwide, these numbers can be unsettling.

These rates are not only unique to asylum. 63% of non-citizens who went to immigration court between 2007-2012 did not have legal representation. Without representation, detained non-citizens sought relief 3% of the time and non-citizens who were never detained only sought relief 15% of the time.