Mixteco / Indigena Community Organizing Project (MICOP)
The Mixteco/IndÃgena Community Organizing Project (MICOP) unites indigenous leaders and allies to strengthen the Mixtec and indigenous immigrant community in Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties. MICOP provides immigration legal services to Mixteco and other indigenous persons as well as persons who are low-income
| Counties served: |
San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura |
Services Provided
| Are immigration legal services provided? |
Yes |
| Areas of immigration legal assistance: |
Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T visas, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions |
| Types of immigration legal services provided: |
Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS, Representation at Asylum Interviews (Credible Fear Interviews, Reasonable Fear Interviews), Representation before the Immigration Court, Representation before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) |
| Non-legal services: |
Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Social services |
| Populations served: |
Detained individuals, Farm workers, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status |
| Languages spoken: |
Spanish, Mixteco, other indigenous languages |
| Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: |
No |
| Nominal fee charged? |
No |
| Other information: |
office locations in Oxnard, Santa Maria, and (starting in 2026, San Luis Obispo ) |
