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Inside Immigration

Plain-language guides to US immigration, asylum and USCIS procedure.

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Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender

Address
69 W. Washington Street, Suite 1600
Chicago, IL 60602
Phone
(312) 603-0636
Website
www.cookcountypublicdefender.org
Email
pdimmigrationunit@cookcountyil.gov
Languages
All staff speak Spanish, Have access to an interpreter line

Courts served

The immigration courts' pro bono list files this provider under:

What it takes

  • Detained: Cook County, IL residents in ICE custody
  • Non-detained: Prior/current Public Defender clients only
  • Please contact us on Wednesdays between 9AM and 11AM at (312) 603-0636
  • Cook County, IL residents in ICE custody only

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Source

EOIR pro bono list (PDF), as published by the Executive Office for Immigration Review. Compiled 2026-09-06.

Verify before you go. Offices move, close and fill up; intake days change. Call the number above first, ask whether they take your kind of case and what it costs, and ask whether you will be seen by an attorney or a DOJ accredited representative. Anyone else offering to file for you is not authorized to. A listing here is not a recommendation.