Sex
Workers
Project
Sex Workers Project provides free immigration legal services to people ages 18 and up who are current or former sex workers, trafficking survivors, or profiled as sex workers. Our legal team members are leading national experts on the intersections of sex work criminalization and federal immigration law in the United States.
Noche de Oro!
On October 6, 2024, the Sex Workers Project threw a drag show benefit party and community event called Noche de Oro that was held in Corona, Queens in the heart of the Translatina community.
We raised $2,000 for our client emergency fund.
We provide life-saving immigration legal services for trafficking survivors and sex workers
Immigration and asylum legal services for sex workers and survivors of human trafficking
In order to destigmatize sex work we are committed to teaching our communities about our anti-oppressive, harm reductive, and trauma informed practices.
We have engaged in rigorous evidence-based policy advocacy and research to defend the human rights of sex workers and people trafficked in the sex trades.
What We Do
SWP offers full and limited representation for deportation defense, immigration screenings, consultations, and representation on immigration cases before U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services. Among other types of immigration relief, we offer assistance with asylum, withholding of removal, convention against torture, T-Nonimmigrant status, adjustment of status, naturalization, and work authorizations. We also provide referrals for various issues including vacatur, social services, benefits enrollment, and name changes. To find out more about our legal services, click here!
Recent Press
Life After A Crackdown On Sex Work Along Roosevelt Avenue In Queens
Gothamist
‘These operations disproportionately affect migrants who turn to sex work for survival and further compound the challenges they face when seeking safety and survival in the U.S.’” - “Abigail Anzalone, case manager at the Sex Workers ProjectI’m a ‘Holistic’ Sex Worker — I Help People with Disabilities, Mental Illnesses Experience Intimacy
NY Post
"After months of discussions, Charlie eventually managed to get a specialists lawyer called Molly Cohen from the Sex Workers Project in the US to take her case on pro bono basis."Making An Impact On Human Trafficking
Classic City News
"Cody interned with the Sex Workers Project (SWP) in New York City. SWP is a national organization that defends the human rights of sex workers by destigmatizing and decriminalizing people in the sex trades through free legal services, education, research and policy advocacy."Contact
Sex
Workers
Project
We welcome your questions and comments
Main Office
40 Rector Street, 9th FloorNew York, NY 10006
Telephone: 646-602-5617
Email: swp@urbanjustice.org
Hours
SWP does not receive walk in clients or inquiries. Please call our helpline at 646-602-5617
