The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) is providing free legal services to the Asian, Muslim, Middle Eastern, and North African communities affected by the INS Special Registration Program. Below is an updated list of services:

1. We are providing legal consultations with an AALDEF staff attorney via telephone. If you know of someone who has questions regarding Special Registration, please feel free to have them call AALDEF at 212-966-6030 x 203 or 212-966-5932 x 213. Urdu and Bangla interpretation are available.

2. We have prepared informational flyers on registration for the Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Korean, and Indonesian communities, all of which are currently being translated. To obtain a copy of the Pakistani, Indonesian, or Korean Registration flyers by fax or e-mail, please contact Saurav Sarkar at the number listed below. To obtain a copy of the Bangladeshi Registration flyer by fax or e-mail, please contact Krittika Ghosh. The English versions
   of these flyers can also easily be modified for other communities affected.

3. We are holding a series of legal clinics with local community-based organizations directed at affected communities of the NY area. These
   clinics are designed to provide legal consultations to people affected by any round of Special Registration, including the 3rd round
   (Pakistanis and Saudis, Jan. 13, 2003 to Feb. 21, 2003), the 4th round (Bangladeshis,
   Kuwaitis, Egyptians, Jordanians, and Indonesians, Feb. 24, 2003 to March 28, 2003), and people from the 1st and 2nd rounds who have been given an extension (Jan. 27, 2003 to Feb. 7, 2003).

Sunday, January 26, 2003, 3 to 6 p.m., in Jersey City, venue TBA, with co-sponsor Coney Island Avenue Project. Interpretation will be available in
Urdu and Bangla. Contact Saurav Sarkar for more information.

Thursday, January 30, 2003, 6 to 8 p.m., in Midwood, Brooklyn, at the office of the co-sponsoring organization, Council of Pakistan Organization, at
1081 Coney Island Avenue (take the Q train to Newkirk Ave in Brooklyn -- the cross streets are Glenwood and Ave H). Interpretation will be available in Urdu and Bangla. Contact Saurav Sarkar for more information.

Saturday, February 1, 2003, 1 to 5 p.m. in the Church-Mcdonald Ave neighborhood of Brooklyn, venue tbd. Interpretation will be provided in Bangla. Contact Krittika Ghosh for more information.

Tuesday, February 4, 2003, 5 to 8 p.m. in Ozone Park/East NY, Brooklyn, venue tbd. Interpretation will be provided in Bangla. Contact Krittika Ghosh for more information.

Sunday, February 9, 2003, 1 to 5 p.m., in Jackson Heights, Queens, at the Jackson Heights office of Forest Hills Community House (74-09 37th
Avenue, Room 421), with co-sponsors Andolan and Desis Rising Up & Moving (DRUM). Interpretation will be available in Urdu and Bangla. Contact Saurav
Sarkar for more information.

Saturday, March 1, 2003, 1 to 5 p.m., in Astoria, Queens, venue tbd. Interpretation will be provided in Bangla. Contact Krittika Ghosh for  more information.

Volunteers are needed to help with set-up, sign in, distribution of information on hate crimes and detention, and oral translation into Urdu, Bangla, and other languages that may be required (Arabic, Korean, Bahasa Indonesia, etc.). Pro bono immigration attorneys are needed to provide legal consultations.

If you are interested in organizing further legal clinics or other outreach on this issue, please let us know. There are also may be legal clinics organized for: Brighton Beach, Brooklyn; and Midwood, Brooklyn. For
more information or to volunteer, please contact 212-966-6030 Saurav Sarkar at ext. 203(ssarkar@aaldef.org) or Krittika Ghosh at ext. 201(kghosh@aaldef.org), depending on which clinic you are interested in finding out about (contacts listed above). We will keep you posted as we develop other responses to Special Registration.