Resources, organizations, and ways to help.
Whether you are a newly arrived immigrant looking for support, or a long-time West Virginian who wants to help, this page is for you. Below you will find local organizations, legal resources, emergency assistance, and community services for immigrants across West Virginia — especially in the Morgantown and North-Central WV region.
Immigration legal aid, asylum support, and assistance navigating federal processes.
Free legal representation from student clinicians and supervising attorneys, running since 1996 — asylum claims, lawful residency, reuniting families, and helping small businesses hire legally. One of the few free immigration law resources in the state.
A nonprofit law firm providing free civil legal aid to low-income West Virginians who cannot afford an attorney, covering immigration, housing, and civil rights.
The only refugee resettlement agency in West Virginia, helping newcomers settle and find their footing across the state, plus low-cost legal assistance to reunite families.
Food banks, housing assistance, and emergency funds for individuals and families in crisis.
A volunteer-run fund giving emergency financial help to immigrant West Virginians affected by ICE enforcement.
Visit Website →Urgent help for immigrants, families, and neighbors across North-Central West Virginia. All of every gift goes to the fund’s mission.
Visit Website →Free household basics — dishes, pots and pans, linens — for international students setting up a new home in Morgantown, on or off campus.
A food bank serving Jefferson and Berkeley Counties, providing groceries and meals to families whose primary earners have been detained by ICE. No family should go hungry because it lost its income.
Donate on GoFundMe →Regardless of your immigration status, you have rights in the United States. These resources can help you understand them.
A bilingual guide to planning ahead in case you or someone you love is detained by ICE: who would care for your children, what medications you need, who looks after your pets. Instructions in English and Spanish.
Visit Website →What to do if you witness someone being detained by ICE: how to record the encounter safely, which details matter, and who to alert.
Visit Website →Plain-language information on West Virginia’s 287(g) agreements with ICE, an interactive map of the counties that have signed them, and a petition asking the Governor and county sheriffs to end them. Prepared by the Morgantown Immigrant Support Coalition.
Visit Website →Local groups doing on-the-ground work to support immigrant communities across West Virginia.
A West Virginia-based civic action group with active immigrant-support initiatives.
Visit Website →A Facebook community for immigrants, allies, and supporters in West Virginia.
Visit on Facebook →Recorded interviews and project programming.
Visit on YouTube →If you're a long-time West Virginian who wants to help, here are concrete ways to get involved.
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