Pangea Legal Services

Pangea Legal Services is a lawyer institution located at 391 Sutter Street, San Francisco, California, United States. They are dedicated to building community power to make freedom of movement a reality for all. Specializing in deportation defense, they work at the intersection of disability justice, prison abolition, and immigration through cutting-edge legal strategies, vanguard community organizing, and policy advocacy. Their free or low-cost immigration legal services have a nearly 100% success rate, often setting legal precedent.

One of their clients, Yazmin Elias, exemplifies the struggles faced by immigrants in deportation proceedings. Despite being a victim of domestic violence and seeking rehabilitation, she was detained by ICE. Pangea Legal Services advocates for immigrants like Yazmin, providing them with avenues to lawful status and fighting for their rights.

Their staff collective operates as a democratically managed nonprofit organization, where everyone makes the same salary and shares leadership responsibilities. They believe in empowering immigrant and asylee communities for long-term systems change, with a focus on equity and justice from the inside out. Since 2013, they have reached over 50,000 community members through their advocacy and organizing work.