2004

  • ILAP conducts know-your-rights workshops and outreach in response to a major immigration enforcement operation targeting Maine’s Latine and Somali communities.

  • In response to fear in the immigrant community, ILAP works with the State of Maine and City of Portland to implement policies to limit unnecessary immigration status inquiries.

  • The Campaign for Justice is established as a collaborative fundraising effort for members of the Maine Bar to support the state's civil legal aid providers.

  • First issue of the Immigrant Beacon, ILAP's twice-yearly newsletter, is released.

  • ILAP moves to a much larger office space at 309 Cumberland Avenue in Portland.

Sarah Barton