No immigrant should journey alone.
Immigrant Connection connects immigrant families to trusted immigration legal help through a nationwide network of local, church-based legal sites and the programs and partnerships that help people find their way to a consultation.
Mission
Expand access to trusted immigration legal services.
Vision
No immigrant journeys alone.
Recognized organizations. Accredited representatives.
Immigrant Connection’s legal network includes DOJ-recognized nonprofit organizations and DOJ-accredited representatives authorized to provide immigration legal services. The U.S. Department of Justice recognizes organizations and accredits individual representatives through its Recognition & Accreditation Program. Our network supports this work with training, legal support and shared standards.
2014
Serving since
65,000+
Immigrants served
Reach
National reach, local relationships
Legal reps
Trained and authorized, walking with immigrants case by case.
Legal sites
Honest answers and high-quality representation.
Host churches
Local leadership, resources and lasting presence.
Partners
Relationships and trusted pathways to help.
IC National
Training, support and shared standards that hold the network together.
Why workforce partners matter
Workforce partners are Circle 4, and we are learning just how much that circle makes possible. An employer may already know an employee long before a legal representative does.
That relationship can help someone hear that trusted help exists, feel confident taking the first step, and reach a consultation. The trust built in Circle 4 helps make the legal work in Circle 1 possible.
Our partnerships also equip employers with practical HR guidance, education, policy briefings and strategic support for their workforce.
Your workforce partnership team
Practitioner-led expertise. Practical support for your business and your immigrant employees.
Zach Szmara
Founder & CEO
Matt Miller
Partners Coordinator
Garrett Dolan
Director of Corporate Partnerships
Brittany Troeger
Data and Reporting Coordinator
Carrie Afanador
National Director of Partnerships
Diane Eason Contreras
National Legal Director
A national team. A local presence.
More than 20 national team members and more than 100 local legal staff support our practitioner-led network across the United States.
Immigrant Connection’s legal network at our 2026 Welcome Conference.
Our national legal network: blue dots show current sites and orange dots show sites in process, October 2026.