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.

Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services

131 INTERPARK BLVD, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78216-1841

Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services is a nonprofit organization in San Antonio, Texas that serves immigrants and refugees.

RAICES serves immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers across Texas—including detained families and unaccompanied children—with immigration legal representation, family-based and naturalization services, DACA/TPS help, refugee resettlement support, and rights advocacy.

Mission

In pursuit of a compassionate society where all people have the right to migrate and human rights are guaranteed, raices defends the rights of immigrants and refugees; empowers individuals, families, and communities;

Services

Read from the organization's website.

  • Advocacy / policy: “RAICES ADVOCACY AND LITIGATION PRIORITIES CENTER THE NEEDS OF IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES, AND ASYLUM SEEKERS AND PURSUE SYSTEMIC CHANGE”
  • Citizenship: “Family-Based and Affirmative Services Assisting families with residency applications, status changes, and naturalization”
  • Emergency / basic needs: “RAPID SUPPORT FOR HOUSING, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SCHOOL ENROLLMENT”
  • Employment / job training: “AND EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE”
  • Family reunification: “Family-Based and Affirmative Services Assisting families with residency applications, status changes, and naturalization”
  • Housing: “RAPID SUPPORT FOR HOUSING, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SCHOOL ENROLLMENT”
  • Legal / immigration: “RAICES PROVIDES TRAUMA-INFORMED, CULTURALLY-SENSITIVE AFFIRMATIVE AND REMOVAL DEFENSE LEGAL SUPPORT TO DETAINED AND RELEASED IMMIGRANTS”
  • Refugee resettlement (R&P): “RAICES' REFUGEE CLIENT SERVICES PROVIDE PATHWAYS FOR INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND INCLUDE ACCESS TO LEGAL COUNSEL AND RAPID SUPPORT FOR HOUSING”

Website in English only.

Service area: Texas, with national presence.

Federal recognition and registries

  • DOJ-recognized immigration legal provider
  • State Department refugee resettlement affiliate (R&P)
  • On EOIR’s list of free legal service providers

Contact

Founded 1987. IRS NTEE code R21Z. Revenue $10M-49.99M. Latest Form 990: 2023. EIN 74-2436920.

Other organizations in San Antonio

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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).