If you or someone you love is experiencing family separation or other immigration issues, call our toll-free number. You will be connected with a DIRE team member who will take down your information to assess how DIRE can best provide support.
Call 1-888-DIRE-SOS (1-888-347-3767)

DIRE’s Navigators (Guias) assist individual families facing immigration and/or detention crises by pairing community volunteers who can listen and advocate based on individual situations/needs. Navigators are trained and supported by DIRE staff.

DIRE partners with the Reformed Church of Highland Park to visit individuals in immigration detention.

DIRE Legal Services - 19 South 2nd Ave, Highland Park, NJ 08904

Legal team: Contact - (201) 591-5348  Contact Form

• Evelyn Latse has been an attorney for over 15 years, and has been in private practice for 10 years. A committed advocate for immigrant rights in New Jersey. She has extensive experience in family based immigration and deportation defense.
• Ellen Whitt is an accredited Legal Representative and longtime advocate for immigrant rights..

DIRE Legal provides low cost immigration legal services to low-income immigrants and their families

• Consultations
• U-visas
• T-visas
• SIJ's
• VAWA cases
• DACA Renewals
• Asylum cases
• Cancellation of Removal
• Bond hearings
• Waivers for Unlawful Presence
• Waivers for grounds of inadmissibility
• Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) Request
• Other related legal services

Age Groups	Adolescents Adults Seniors
Community Services	Legal / Advocacy Advocacy (Legal) Immigration Services
Payment Types	Self Pay

Last Updated: 07/22/25