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.

Filipino American Legal Defense and Education Fund (FALDEF)

BERGENFIELD, NJ 07621

Filipino American Legal Defense and Education Fund (FALDEF) is a nonprofit organization in Bergenfield, New Jersey that serves immigrants and refugees.

FALDEF provides pro bono immigration and civil-rights legal representation, Know Your Rights and voter-education workshops, and policy advocacy for the Filipino American immigrant community nationwide.

Mission

FILIPINO AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC (FALDEF) IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING PRO BONO LEGAL AID TO SUCH FILIPINO-AMERICAN NATIONALS WHO ARE SUFFERING LEGAL INJUSTICES BY REASON OF THEIR IMMIGRANT ORIGINS AND STATUS AND UNABLE TO EMPLOY AND ENGAGE LEGAL AID AND ASSISTANCE ON ACCOUNT OF POVERTY. FALDEF IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING A FORUM FOR EDUCATION, ADVOCACY AND SCHOLARSHIP AIMED AT EDUCATING AND ADVANCING THE INTERESTS OF THE FILIPINO AMERICAN COMMUNITY ON ISSUES AND MATTERS PERTINENT TO IMMIGRANT AND CIVIL RIGHTS.

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Advocacy / policy: “We fight to improve the status quo for our divers community through voter rights and democracy, public policy, fiscal policy, and redistricting efforts”
  • Civic engagement: “Voter Education Events”
  • Legal / immigration: “We deliver pro bono services in the form of legal representation, services and aid, and consultations to Filipinos and Filipino Americans”

Website in English only.

Communities served

Filipino.

Service area: Mercer County, NJ.

Contact

Founded 2011. IRS NTEE code I80. Revenue $10,000-24,999. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 27-1274164.

Other organizations in Bergenfield

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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).