"It is the obligation of every person born in a safer room to answer the door when someone in danger knocks."
- Dina Nayeri
"It is the obligation of every person born in a safer room to answer the door when someone in danger knocks." - Dina Nayeri
How to Protect Yourself and Your Family:
Know Your Rights!
(multiple languages)
How We Can All Protect Community:
Store the North Bay Rapid Response number (707) 800-4544 in your phone and attend their Legal Observer training.
Carry Immigration Legal Resource Center (ILRC) red cards and provide them to people at risk.
For small businesses and nonprofits, review Public Counsel's extremely helpful FAQ, which includes information specific to health clinics, K-12 schools, homeless service providers, and more. It also includes samples of valid and invalid warrants.
Post "ICE Free Zone" and "Immigrants Welcome" signs at your places of work, school, worship, and community.
Stay informed! This tracking tool provides an updated list of changes to federal immigration policy. Always consult an attorney regarding individual cases or issues.
How to Protect Yourself and Your Family:
Know Your Rights! (multiple languages)
How We Can All Protect Community:
Store the North Bay Rapid Response number (707) 800-4544 in your phone and attend their Legal Observer training.
Carry Immigration Legal Resource Center (ILRC) red cards and provide them to people at risk.
For small businesses and nonprofits, review Public Counsel's extremely helpful FAQ, which includes information specific to health clinics, K-12 schools, homeless service providers, and more. It also includes samples of valid and invalid warrants.
Post "ICE Free Zone" and "Immigrants Welcome" signs at your places of work, school, worship, and community.
Stay informed! This tracking tool provides an updated list of changes to federal immigration policy. Always consult an attorney regarding individual cases or issues.
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VIDAS provides trauma-informed immigrant legal advocacy and community wellness programs.
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Services Include:
Removal Defense
Asylum
Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)
U and T Visas
Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
Family-Based Petitions
Waivers
Work Authorization
Consular Processing
Adjustment of Status
Naturalization / Citizenship
Detained Representation
Recognized and Accredited by the Office of Legal Access Programs (OLAP).
What Our Clients Say
❝ VIDAS took my case in 2018 and ever since we stepped foot in this building, I've felt more relief, more answers right away, answers I couldn't get anywhere else. Every time I came here, my heart relaxed.
Alex, VAWA Cancellation of Removal Client
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Our Legal Director Richard Coshnear was one of VIDAS' initial founders in 2014, when we were a small law office with one attorney and a few paralegals. Now we have five locations, five attorneys, five paralegals, and 14 staff members total. None of this growth or the ability to sustain VIDAS would be possible without your support!
Rick is pictured here with Tere Hernandez, our administrative assistant at our headquarters location in Downtown Santa Rosa.
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We loved spending our day sharing good energy, experiences, and ideas for how to improve services to undocumented & immigrant students, faculty, and staff at our community college sites with key partners! One big need is financial help for filing fees ~ ask us how you can help! 
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Advocating Justice.
Protecting Community.
Your contributions help immigrants obtain access to justice, safety, and the full benefits of freedom in our community.
Advocating Justice. Protecting Community.
Your contributions help immigrants obtain access to justice, safety, and the full benefits of freedom in our community.
VIDAS is an affiliated organization with the Immigration Law & Justice Network (ILJN). The ILJ network provides support services, at no cost, to 19 affiliated organizations across the country that deliver immigration legal services for low-income immigrants.