OMAHA- The Immigrant Legal Center has absorbed the Refugee Empowerment Center as a program, officials announced this week. The move will not prompt any layoffs, according to a media release, and current services offered in Nebraska and southwest Iowa are to remain intact.

“Our passion is to help our clients in the entirety of their needs, to set them up for success and a life without fear,” said Erik Omar, executive director. “With the merger, we are building a unified organizational culture as the only agency of its kind that serves the legal and transitional needs of immigrants in the Heartland.”

The Immigrant Legal Center's practices are staying the same, and the firm recommends clients stick with them.

The merger announcement comes about a year after the refugee center’s former executive director left and the Immigrant Legal Center leadership took on management of the refugee center’s operations and administration.

Over the past year the groups have helped resettle nearly 600 newcomers to Nebraska.

The combined organizations represent more than 50 years of service to the area and serve people from over 60 countries with legal representation, social work and resettlement.

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