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.

Community Legal Aid Socal

2101 N TUSTIN AVE, SANTA ANA, CA 92705-7819

Community Legal Aid Socal is a nonprofit organization in Santa Ana, California that serves immigrants and refugees.

A civil legal aid organization serving low-income people (including seniors and immigrants) in Orange and southeast Los Angeles counties with immigration, family, housing/eviction, consumer, and public-benefits legal services, workshops, case management, and systemic advocacy.

Mission

TO PROVIDE CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND TO PROMOTE EQUAL ACCESS TO THE JUSTICE SYSTEM THROUGH ADVOCACY, LEGAL COUNSELING, INNOVATIVE SELF-HELP SERVICES, IN DEPTH LEGAL REPRESENTATION, COMMUNITY EDUCATION, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. COMMUNITY LEGAL AID SOCAL (CLA SOCAL) IS DEDICATED TO MEETING THE CIVIL LEGAL NEEDS OF LOW-INCOME PEOPLE THROUGHOUT ORANGE AND SOUTHEAST LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. CLA SOCAL HELPS WITH LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO FAMILY LAW, ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, PUBLIC BENEFITS, CONSUMER DEFENSE, AND HOUSING.

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Advocacy / policy: “CLA SOCAL ALSO ENGAGES IN SYSTEMIC ADVOCACY AND IMPACT LITIGATION.”
  • Case management: “PROVIDES CASE MANAGEMENT TO CLIENTS WHO ARE IDENTIFIED AS NEEDING A GREATER LEVEL OF SUPPORT TO INCREASE THEIR ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LEGAL PROCESS”
  • Housing: “LASOC ALSO PROVIDES ASSISTANCE IN THE AREAS OF HOUSING AND LANLORD/ TENANT ISSUES”
  • Legal / immigration: “CLA SOCAL HELPS WITH LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO IMMIGRATION, FAMILY LAW, ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, PUBLIC BENEFITS, CONSUMER DEFENSE, AND HOUSING.”

Languages

Services delivered in Spanish.

Website in more than one language.

Federal recognition and registries

  • DOJ-recognized immigration legal provider

Contact

Founded 1960. IRS NTEE code I800. Revenue $15,494,243. Latest Form 990: 2024. EIN 95-1994337.

Other organizations in Santa Ana

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Sources: IRS exempt-organization records, Form 990 filings, federal and network directories, and the organization's own website. Data as of October 19, 2026. Information here can change; contact the organization to confirm.

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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).