Voter education and voter mobilization help create a government that is responsive to the needs of all Americans, including immigrants. For the next few months, we’ll be sharing nonpartisan information about when and where to vote, educating voters about their rights at the polls, and explaining what is on the ballot.
Read MoreThrough advocacy and legal services, we are building a better state for all.
Read MoreNashville artist and TSU professor Mike Mitchell, also known as mikewindy, is selling one of his latest works to benefit TNJFON. Advocacy and Education Coordinator Hannah Smalley interviewed him last week about his vision for the piece, the role of art in building community, and why he supports TNJFON!
Read MoreThanks to new Senior Staff Attorney Emily Stotts, TNJFON is expanding our practice to include full representation before the Memphis Immigration Court! TNJFON is now the only not-for-profit law firm in Nashville offering full representation before this Court. Learn how this changes our practice and why representation in Immigration Court is so important.
Read MoreIn June 1856, after unilaterally dissolving a wartime government, a young man boasted to all of Nicaraguan society that he was their newly-minted emperor and president. He was not a politician or military leader from Nicaragua, or even any Central American nation. He was, in fact, a Nashville, Tennessee blue blood…
Read MoreTNJFON staff continues to advocate for the Afghan Adjustment Act in meetings with legislators and presentations to the community. For the representatives in Congress, this is simply another bargaining chip and talking point, but for Afghan evacuees, it’s their lives. We owe it to our new neighbors to do the right thing.
Read MoreIn June 2022, Metro Council voted to invest $1.8m+ in immigration legal services over two years, with $630,544 going to TNJFON. Three quarters in, here’s a look at the impact this generous grant has had on our work…
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