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Who We Are

Experts dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of immigrants and refugees across Arkansas.
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Our Services

AID is a nonprofit law firm. AID serves immigrant and refugee survivors of trafficking and child abuse with linguistically and culturally literate, trauma-informed services.

While most of our legal work is for survivors and entirely free, to help raise money so that these services can remain free, we handle a wide variety of cases, including:

  • N-400s
  • Consular Process
  • DACA
  • 601A Waivers of Unlawful Presence
  • Green Card Renewal
  • U-Visas, VAWA, T-Visas, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status
  • Temporary Protected Status

Child immigrants and refugees are usually placed into deportation proceedings when they turn themselves in seeking asylum at the border. This means they would be returned to the dangerous places they are fleeing. And sadly, they often receive a deportation order without attorney involvement.

AID’s office is a little over 5 hours from the immigration court and so offers defensive immigration services for immigrants and refugees only on very rare occasions and only when our caseload allows for it. For example, it is quite common for AID to handle guardianship for a child in deportation proceedings to allow that child to access Medicaid but then refer the remainder of the immigration case to attorneys who are closer to the immigration court in Memphis.

 

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The Team

Experts dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of immigrants and refugees across Arkansas.
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Léo Tucker

Executive Director
Léo worked at a nonprofit law firm in Arkansas for years before serving abroad as a Fulbright Scholar. Léo attended law school as a Gates Public Service Law Scholar and worked internationally on immigrant and refugee issues before returning home in 2015 to focus on immigration.
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Frank Head

Advisor
Frank has worked on immigrant and refugee issues for nearly three decades, and he mentored Arkansas Immigrant Defense into existence. Frank retired as the director of Catholic Charities Immigration Services in Springdale, Arkansas. Thankfully, he continues to guide AID while helping us reach clients and find the necessary funding to represent them low bono and pro bono.
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Andrea Provins

Survivor Attorney
Andrea has been serving clients at AID since her 2L internship. A University of Arkansas School of Law graduate, Andrea is now AID’s survivor attorney and specializes in U Visas, T Visas, VAWA, and Asylums. She is a zealous advocate for her clients. Outside of AID, Andrea enjoys reading, playing Dungeon's and Dragons, and traveling.
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Silvia Tornay

Paralegal
Silvia Tornay has been a bilingual paralegal at AID since the beginning of 2021, and she became a Department of Justice Accredited Representative in October of 2023. An immigrant from Argentina herself, she loves connecting with clients through their stories and experiences. Some of her favorite moments since joining the AID team have been accompanying clients and interpreting for clients during their naturalization interviews and oath ceremonies.
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Mayra Esquivel

Paralegal
Mayra Esquivel is lead paralegal at AID and is accredited by the Department of Justice to practice immigration law. She has been in the immigration law field since 2018 and graduated with a B.A. in psychology in 2016 from the University of Arkansas Fort Smith. Mayra has been an avid advocate for immigrant rights since 2012. She enjoys helping our clients navigate the complexities of the immigration system and learning new things. She is inspired every day by the resilience of our clients. She also has a special passion for mental health. Off the clock, Mayra enjoys spending time with her family, her husband, Irvin, dog Duke, and friends. She also loves to explore new places, read, and listen to spooky podcasts.
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Lizbeth Hoyle

Legal Assistant
Lizbeth Hoyle is a Community Health Worker for the Office of Community Health and Research at UAMS Northwest has been embedded at Arkansas Immigrant Defense as their Bilingual Survivors Paralegal since April 2022. Before joining AID, Lizbeth worked with clients on their immigration cases at a private law firm. She has worked on naturalization, SIJ, DACA and residency renewals, and asylum cases since joining AID. As a second generation immigrant, Lizbeth is passionate about helping those in her community. Lizbeth holds a Bachelors of the Arts degree with an emphasis in Rehabilitation Science and has submitted her application to become a DoJ Accredited Representative to further assist clients in the immigrant community.
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Sebastià Llull Carmona

Paralegal
Sebastià Llull Carmona was born in Mallorca, a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea. He studied law and worked as an attorney for eleven years in Spain where he opened his own law firm. He helped clients as a Public Defender, and worked on immigration cases in Spain. Now, he continues serving immigrant people as a paralegal at AID. He speaks English, Spanish, and Catalan. He loves spending time with his family, watching soccer, drinking coffee, and reading the newspaper.
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Our Mission

AID provides legal services to immigrant survivors of trafficking and child abuse and their families.

Our Vision

AID envisions a world where immigrant survivors of trafficking and child abuse thrive as part of empowered communities.
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PO Box 8799
Springdale, AR 72766
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479-925-9095
Email
reception@arkansaslaw.org
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Potential and current clients must make an appointment before coming to the office. Text your legal representative for an appointment if you are a client, or text 479-925-9095 if you are not a current client to request a consultation.

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