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We partner with clients and communities across Virginia to fight for racial, social, and economic justice.

Together we are dismantling the systems that create and perpetuate poverty. 

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Christopher Rashad Greene – Organizer – Legal Aid Justice Center

RAPID RESPONSE TOOLKIT

Here you will find resources that will allow you to prevent and be prepared for immigration emergencies such as raids, ICE visits to your home, detention, or risk of deportation. 

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Update on Changes to Medicaid and SNAP benefits

2025 General Assembly Wrap-Up

The 2025 Virginia General Assembly adjourned on February 22nd, sending over 800 bills, including the budget bill, to the Governor. Governor Youngkin has until March 24th to amend, sign or veto these bills, with the General Assembly reconvening on April 2nd to consider any changes.

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Let’s work together to achieve racial justice, social justice and economic justice.

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How We Work

We fight for justice using direct representation, community organizing, impact litigation, policy advocacy, and public relations to advance community goals.  

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The Issues

  • Immigration

    We work alongside immigrant communities to fight the deportation, detention, and separation of immigrant families, end ICE abuses of immigrants, and include immigrant youth in state benefits like in-state tuition.

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  • Criminal Legal System

    We advocate alongside those impacted by the criminal legal system against the harms of policing, incarceration, and the court system.

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  • Youth, Family, & Schools

    We provide legal services to youth and families and advocate for changes that keep young people in school, out of the criminal legal and child welfare systems, and protected from discrimination.

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  • Consumer & Medical Debt

    We fight to protect consumers who have been targeted by predatory businesses and lenders by providing them with legal support and advocating for systemic reforms.

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  • Housing

    We defend tenants’ rights, fight mass eviction, and dismantle legal and other barriers to safe and affordable housing.

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  • Workplace

    We organize alongside and litigate on behalf of migrant, immigrant, and low-income worker communities across the Commonwealth to advocate for better working pay and working conditions on a local, state, and national scale.

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  • Healthcare & Public Benefits

    We promote health equity by dismantling legal and financial barriers to healthcare access and protecting and advancing people’s rights in the administration of public benefits programs, such as unemployment, food stamps, cash assistance, and disability insurance.

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