Legal Help for People in Immigration Detention From Aldea
ALMA, which stands for Aldea for Liberation, Mentorship & Advocacy, is the part of Aldea - The People's Justice Center that works with people held in immigration detention. As an EOIR-recognized pro bono provider, Aldea gives advice, reliable information, self-help tools and select representation to persons in immigration detention.
The help is for people who are detained. Representation is described as select, so not everyone who asks will be taken on as a client, and the page does not say how Aldea decides or what representation would cost.
Aldea attorneys conduct monthly visits at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Philipsburg, PA, the largest immigration detention facility in the Northeast. Aldea also offers free phone consultations to people fighting to regain their freedom, secure safety in their futures, and reunite with their families.
Aldea's office is at 532 Walnut Street, Reading, PA 19601. The general office number is 484-877-8002 and there is a WhatsApp number, 484-409-9565, for questions about its services.
The page does not say what days or hours the office answers, how to set up a detention phone consultation, or whether a family member can call on a detained person's behalf. Aldea runs other immigration programs as well, including work for children, citizenship applications and walk-in community clinics, so say that the call is about someone in detention.
Source: aldeapjc.org/what-we-do, read September 18, 2026.
The details
In ALDEA - The People's Justice Center’s words
As an EOIR-recognized pro bono provider, Aldea delivers transparent advice, reliable information, self-help tools, and select representation to persons in immigration detention. We conduct monthly visits at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Philipsburg, PA—the largest immigration detention facility in the Northeast. We also offer free phone consultations to people fighting to regain their freedom, secure safety in their futures, and reunite with their families.
Other sites
- Moshannon Valley Processing Center, Philipsburg. We conduct monthly visits at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Philipsburg, PA—the largest immigration detention facility in the Northeast.
Organization
ALDEA - The People's Justice Center
About this listing
This listing summarizes publicly available information from aldeapjc.org/what-we-do. Last recorded review: September 18, 2026. Contact the provider to confirm eligibility, hours and availability before you go. If something here is wrong, tell us.