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Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (TRLA) is a non-profit organization that provides free legal services to low-income residents in sixty-eight counties of Southwest Texas, and represents migrant and seasonal farm workers throughout the state of Texas and six southern states: Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas. In addition, TRLA operates public defender programs in several Southwest Texas counties, representing the poor who are accused of felonies, misdemeanors and juvenile crimes.

RAICES has opportunites for interested attorneys to be matched with clients in need of representation in their immigration matters, providing sample filings and mentorship throughout all cases. We also have opportunities to get involved in advocacy issues surrounding immigration reform and detention policies.