Todec Legal Center Inc

Todec Legal Center Inc is a family lawyer in Perris, CA, serving immigrant families throughout California's Inland Empire and Coachella Valley. The center provides immigration legal services, community education, policy advocacy, and civic engagement programs designed to help limited and non-English speaking residents, including immigrants and migrant workers, access legal support and become civically active. TODEC Legal Center holds a rating of 4.60 based on reviews from clients in the community.

The center traces its origins to the early 1980s, when Mr. and Mrs. Luz Maria Ayala settled in Perris after organizing with communities in Michoacan, Mexico, and with the United Farm Workers and Civil Rights Movement in Los Angeles. Witnessing neighbors facing harsh treatment by employers, profiling by police and immigration authorities, and neglect by politicians, the Ayalas founded TODEC to help fellow immigrants learn English, pursue citizenship, and build connections in their new community. The organization's early work contributed to the passage of the 1986 immigration bill granting amnesty to nearly three million people. When many residents could not afford the legal help and classes needed to benefit from that policy, TODEC launched a free legal clinic, free classes, and civic engagement programs. Today, Luz Gallegos, daughter of the founders, leads the organization as Executive Director, a role she assumed in 2020 after serving as Community Program Director. TODEC Legal Center is staffed by organizers, lawyers, teachers, doctors, and advocates drawn from the communities the organization serves.

The office sits on South D Street, a short walk from Veterans Park, Downtown Pocket Park, and Downtown Perris, with West 4th Street and East 4th Street nearby.

With more than four decades of service, TODEC Legal Center brings deep, locally rooted experience to immigrant families navigating immigration law in the Inland Empire.