Gracie Johnson Law · Compton, CA
Immigration Lawyer in South Los Angeles, California
Need an immigration lawyer in South Los Angeles? Family green cards, DACA, deportation defense, citizenship. Bilingual. Call (310) 554-4630.
Immigration Services We Provide in South Los Angeles
Family Immigration
Keep your family together. Green cards, petitions, and waivers.
DACA Renewals & Applications
Protect your future. DACA renewals and Advance Parole guidance.
Deportation Defense
Aggressive representation in immigration court. ICE hold assistance.
Asylum & Refugee
Fleeing persecution? We help build strong, evidence-based asylum cases.
Citizenship & Naturalization
Take the final step to become a U.S. citizen with confidence.
Work Visas
Employment-based immigration for professionals and workers.
South Los Angeles, the sprawling region encompassing neighborhoods like Florence-Firestone, Willowbrook, Vermont Square, Green Meadows, Vermont Knolls, and dozens of other communities, is one of the most densely immigrant-populated areas in the United States. Gracie Johnson Law serves South LA families from our Compton office. We are not a downtown firm looking into South LA from a distance; we are part of this community.
South Los Angeles is home to families from Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and countries throughout Latin America. Our clients are working parents who take the bus to get to their jobs, business owners who built something from nothing, students who grew up in LA Unified schools, and community members who have never known any other home. We fight to keep them here.
Attorney Gracie Johnson handles every major area of US immigration law for South LA residents: family-based green cards for immediate relatives and preference category beneficiaries, DACA renewals and Advance Parole applications for Dreamers, deportation defense and removal proceedings representation before the Los Angeles Immigration Court, asylum and humanitarian relief for those who have fled persecution, naturalization and citizenship applications for long-time residents ready to vote, and employment-based immigration for workers and employers across the region.
South LA residents often face compounding challenges: mixed-status families where some members have legal status and others do not, prior immigration violations or criminal records that complicate cases, economic barriers to accessing legal services, and distrust of the legal system born from past bad experiences with unqualified practitioners. We address all of these realities directly. We offer transparent, affordable fees, flexible payment plans, and we will never take a case unless we believe we can genuinely help.
Our Compton office is centrally located and easily accessible from all parts of South LA, off the 710, close to Long Beach Blvd, and well-served by public transit via the Blue Line and local bus routes. Call us at (310) 554-4630 or send us a message to schedule your initial consultation. Bilingual service in English and Spanish.
South Los Angeles has a large TPS community from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala that has been in place for over 20 years. Many TPS holders in South LA are now parents of US citizen children who are approaching the age of 21, which may open pathways to adjustment of status. We counsel South LA families on TPS-to-green-card pathways and removal defense.
Neighborhoods We Serve in South Los Angeles
Dense residential neighborhood along Vermont Ave with a large Central American immigrant community, particularly Salvadoran and Guatemalan families.
Residential neighborhood near Vermont and Manchester with mixed Latino and Black families, many of whom have complex immigration situations.
Neighborhood near USC and the Natural History Museum with a diverse immigrant population, including students on visas and long-term undocumented residents.
Residential community along Vermont and Manchester with a significant TPS-holding population from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala.
Driving Directions from South Los Angeles to USCIS and Immigration Court
Take Vermont Ave or the 110 N to downtown LA. About 20 minutes off-peak from central South LA.
Head south on Wilmington Ave or take the 110 S to Compton Blvd east to Wilmington Ave. About 18 minutes from central South LA.
Public Transit
- Metro A Line (Blue Line): Multiple stations serve South LA including Vermont/Athens, Normandie, and Harbor Freeway stations, with direct service to downtown LA and Compton.
- Metro Bus Lines 40, 42, 204, 754: Major north-south corridors along Vermont, Normandie, and Hooper Ave connect South LA to downtown and to our Compton office area.