In the aftermath of the 2024 presidential election, ILAP remains at the ready to fiercely advocate for immigrant rights and provide direct support to Maine’s immigrant communities.
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ILAP joins partners across the country in condemning the Biden Administration’s final rule that effectively blocks access to asylum. The rule endangers the lives of people seeking safety and flies in the face of U.S. law and international treaties.
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ILAP enthusiastically applauds Secretary Mayorkas’ decision to extend and redesignate TPS for Haiti , a life-saving decision that will protect more than 520,000 people from deadly and devolving conditions in Haiti.
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ILAP celebrates the Biden administration’s actions to create new pathways to citizenship for mixed status families and remove barriers to employment for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients.
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ILAP submits a public comment urging USCIS to make automatic extensions of work permits longer and permanent, as well as put in place systems to help people at risk of losing work authorization due to government processing delays to alert the government that urgent action is needed.
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ILAP strongly condemns the Biden administration’s plan to effectively close the border to asylum seekers and calls on President Biden to focus instead on policies that respect and protect the lives of asylum seekers.
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To close Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, 80+ organizations, including ILAP, implore House and Senate leadership to condemn anti-Asian bigotry and rhetoric.
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ILAP and the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, alongside eleven other New England immigration legal services nonprofits, deliver a letter to the government, raising concerns about the due process rights of low-income, pro se immigrants attempting to navigate the Department of Justice’s newest Immigration Court in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
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