Immigrant Support Atlas

Foreign-born share over time

How the immigrant share of the population shifts across the country. Press play to animate. Source: US Census ACS 5-year.

Access to immigrant-serving organizations

Spatial access by the enhanced two-step floating catchment area method (E2SFCA). Darker green = better access; orange = a service desert (people who need it, but no organization within reach); gray = no foreign-born population. Source: org locations + US Census ACS 2023.

Immigrant Policy Inclusion Index

How inclusive each state’s policies are toward immigrants, across seven domains: health coverage, language access, higher education, identification, integration & licensure, legal protection, and economic inclusion. Darker green = more inclusive; orange/red = more restrictive or limited. Click any state for its full profile.

Immigrant–Native Disparity Index

Standardized gaps between foreign-born and US-born residents (uninsured, crowded housing, rent burden, education, home internet, vehicle access, homeownership) from US Census ACS. Green = smaller gaps; red = larger gaps. This is an outcome measure, separate from the Policy map: it describes how immigrant and US-born residents differ, and is shaped by who has immigrated where (recency and composition), not by state policy alone. Click any state for its full profile.

English assimilationism

Project Implicit is a self-selected volunteer sample, not a representative survey; within each area, respondents are reweighted to the Census population by age, sex, race and ethnicity, and citizenship. Higher = less welcoming. Areas with too few respondents are left blank. See the note below for the exact survey item. Source: Project Implicit 2023-2025.

Immigrant attitudes

Project Implicit is a self-selected volunteer sample, not a representative survey; within each area, respondents are reweighted to the Census population by age, sex, race and ethnicity, and citizenship. Higher = less welcoming. Areas with too few respondents are left blank. See the note below for the exact survey item. Source: Project Implicit 2023-2025.

American Gateways

314 E HIGHLAND MALL BLVD STE 501, AUSTIN, TX 78752-3733

American Gateways is a nonprofit organization in Austin, Texas that serves immigrants and refugees.

American Gateways provides no- or low-cost immigration legal representation, legal orientation/education, and advocacy to low-income immigrants, refugees, and survivors of persecution and trafficking across Central Texas.

Mission

American Gateways' mission is to champion the dignity and human rights of immigrants, refugees and survivors of persecution, torture, conflict and human trafficking through exceptional immigration legal services at no or low cost, education and advocacy.

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Advocacy / policy: “Advocacy opportunities to defend human rights and influence legislation.”
  • Citizenship: “assisting hundreds of individuals and families with applications for citizenship and various other forms of immigration relief”
  • Civic engagement: “Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Watch these videos from the ACLU, and learn more here about your rights as an immigrant and how to express them.”
  • Family reunification: “We also help clients obtain permanent residency, naturalization, DACA renewals, and family-based petitions.”
  • Legal / immigration: “Our legal team specializes in providing assistance with asylum applications for individuals fleeing persecution, VAWA petitions for victims of domestic violence, and T and U Visas for survivors of trafficking and...”

Languages

Services delivered in Spanish.

Website in more than one language.

Communities served

Hispanic/Latino.

Service area: Central Texas including Austin, San Antonio, Waco, and 23 surrounding counties.

Federal recognition and registries

  • DOJ-recognized immigration legal provider
  • On EOIR’s list of free legal service providers

Contact

Founded 1990. IRS NTEE code I80Z. Revenue $1M-4.99M. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 74-2578266.

Other organizations in Austin

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Immigrant profiles by origin, language, and race / ethnicity

Pick a group to see its own profile: how large it is and how it lives, with the all-foreign-born and US-born averages shown for context. National estimates from US Census ACS 1-year microdata (PUMS).