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.

El Refugio (Silver City)

800 S ROBERT ST, SILVER CITY, NM 88061-5284

El Refugio (Silver City) is a nonprofit organization in Silver City, New Mexico that serves immigrants and refugees.

El Refugio, Inc. is a Silver City, NM domestic-violence agency providing emergency and transitional shelter, victim advocacy, counseling, offender-intervention programming, and case management to survivors of domestic and sexual violence, including VAWA self-petition assistance for battered immigrant women.

Mission

EL REFUGIO INC EMPOWERS ALL PERSONS AFFECTED BY DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE BY PROVIDING ADVOCACY EDUCATION AND SERVICES IN A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT. Shelter Services El Refugio, Inc. operates a shelter 24 hours a days and 7 days a week for battered women and their children. They provide temporary shelter for up to 90 days with 30 day reviews. Longer stays in the shelter are considered on a case by case basis. In this setting, safety and security are provided along with supportive services. These include case management, life skills, victim advocacy, educational classes, linkages and referrals for housing, employment and health programs.

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Case management: “case management, life skills, victim advocacy, educational classes, linkages and referrals for housing, employment and health programs”
  • Domestic violence services: “EL REFUGIO INC EMPOWERS ALL PERSONS AFFECTED BY DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE”
  • Emergency / basic needs: “assist clients and their children in obtaining benefits and/or services needed such as counseling, clothing, housing, food, child care, medical and mental health services”
  • Housing: “Transitional Housing services and Rapid Re-Housing services are also available.”
  • Legal / immigration: “advocacy to battered immigrant women, including assistance with the VAWA self-petition application or assistance obtaining legal counsel when necessary”
  • Mental health: “El Refugio offers adult therapy services and play therapy for children.”

Languages

Services delivered in Spanish.

Website in English only.

Communities served

Immigrants (Primary Focus Is General Dv Survivors, Immigrant Women Are A Specified Subpopulation).

Contact

Founded 1984. IRS NTEE code P620. Revenue $1,272,295. Latest Form 990: 2022. EIN 85-0311066.

Other organizations in Silver City

All organizations in New Mexico

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

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