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.

Hispanic and Immigrant Center of Alabama

Also known as Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama, HICA.

117 SOUTHCREST DR, BIRMINGHAM, AL 35209-4750

Hispanic and Immigrant Center of Alabama is a nonprofit organization in Birmingham, Alabama that serves immigrants and refugees.

HICA serves Latino and immigrant families in Alabama with immigration legal and citizenship services, case management and emergency support for survivors of crime/trafficking, economic development, education and workforce programs, and civic engagement and policy advocacy.

Mission

A non-profit, nonpartisan tax-exempt organization that is a community developement advocacy organization that champions economic equality, civic engagement, and social justice for Latino and immigrant families...

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Advocacy / policy: “advocating to local and state leaders for policies that improve the quality of life of all residents”
  • Case management: “THE PROGRAM PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME AND PROVIDES WRAPAROUND FAMILY SERVICES FOR RECENTLY ARRIVED IMMIGRANT FAMILIES”
  • Citizenship: “PROVIDES LOW-COST AND HIGH-QUALITY LEGAL IMMIGRATION SERVICES FOR NATURALIZATION, PERMANENT RESIDENCY, FAMILY PETITIONS, HUMANITARIAN VISAS, DACA RENEWALS”
  • Civic engagement: “CIVIC ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS TO REGISTER VOTERS AND INCREASE VOTER PARTICIPATION AS WELL AS LEADING CENSUS EFFORTS TO ACCURATELY COUNT THE HISPANIC POPULATION IN ALABAMA”
  • Domestic violence services: “Abuse Orders Assistance Court and Forensic Interview Accompaniment Assistance with Police Reports Bilingual Counseling Services Support Group. Services for ...”
  • Economic development: “Desde la comprensión del lenguaje financiero hasta la planificación de negocios y su desarrollo, el Programa de Desarrollo Económico brinda información crítica y necesaria”
  • Education / youth: “LEADS HICAS COLLEGE ACCESS AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES FOR LATINOS AND IMMIGRANTS”
  • Emergency / basic needs: “INCLUDING FUNDS FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE”
  • Employment / job training: “LEADS HICAS COLLEGE ACCESS AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES FOR LATINOS AND IMMIGRANTS”
  • ESL / English: “THE PROGRAM HAS RECENTLY LAUNCHED AN ESL PROGRAM FOR THOSE SEEKING CITIZENSHIP VIA NATURALIZATION”
  • Family reunification: “FAMILY PETITIONS”
  • Financial literacy: “Desde la comprensión del lenguaje financiero hasta la planificación de negocios y su desarrollo”
  • Legal / immigration: “PROVIDES LOW-COST AND HIGH-QUALITY LEGAL IMMIGRATION SERVICES FOR NATURALIZATION, PERMANENT RESIDENCY, FAMILY PETITIONS, HUMANITARIAN VISAS, DACA RENEWALS”

Languages

Services delivered in Spanish.

Website in more than one language.

Communities served

Hispanic/Latino.

Service area: Alabama (statewide), headquartered in Birmingham.

Federal recognition and registries

  • DOJ-recognized immigration legal provider

Contact

Founded 2000. IRS NTEE code S20. Revenue $1M-4.99M. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 63-1225764.

Other organizations in Birmingham

All organizations in Birmingham | All organizations in Alabama

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).