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Immigrant Legal Resource Center

Website
Telephone
415-255-9499
Location
1663 Mission Street
Suite 602
San Francisco
CA
94103
US

The mission of the Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) is to work with and educate immigrants, community organizations, and the legal sector to build a democratic society that values diversity and the rights of all people.  The Immigrant Legal Resource Center was founded in 1979 by Bill Ong Hing, at a time when legal service agencies weren’t focusing on immigration law. Mr. Hing responded by organizing the Golden Gate Immigration Clinic, which later became the ILRC.  He served as the ILRThe mission of the Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) is to work with and educate immigrants, community organizations, and the legal sector to build a democratic society that values diversity and the rights of all people.  The Immigrant Legal Resource Center was founded in 1979 by Bill Ong Hing, at a time when legal service agencies weren’t focusing on immigration law. Mr. Hing responded by organizing the Golden Gate Immigration Clinic, which later became the ILRC.  He served as the ILRC's first Executive Director on a volunteer basis from 1979 to 2000 and is now an ILRC board member and our General Counsel. Currently, the ILRC is led by Eric Cohen, who joined the ILRC in 1988 as a Staff Attorney and became the Executive Director in 2007.C's first Executive Director on a volunteer basis from 1979 to 2000 and is now an ILRC board member and our General Counsel. Currently, the ILRC is led by Eric Cohen, who joined the ILRC in 1988 as a Staff Attorney and became the Executive Director in 2007.

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