The Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project, (ILAP), respectfully submits the following comments regarding the interim final rule (IFR), Appellate Procedures for the Board of Immigration Appeals (Docket No. EOIR-26-AB37; RIN 1125-AB37). We recommend the rule be rescinded in its entirety as it severely undermines access to due process in the U.S. immigration system without legitimate justification, with particularly harmful impacts on the most vulnerable people navigating the system.
Read MoreILAP applauds the Maine’s legislature’s passage of LD 2106, a critically-needed bill aimed at protecting Maine residents and workers from unchecked immigration enforcement at sensitive locations including public schools, hospitals, and libraries.
Read MoreThe Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project, (ILAP), respectfully submits the following comments regarding the notice of proposed rulemaking, Employment Authorization Reform for Asylum Applicants (DHS Docket No. USCIS-2025-0370; RIN 1615-AC97).
Read MoreExecutive Director Sue Roche testifies in support of Supplemental Budget Funding for Civil Legal Aid.
The Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project, or ILAP, respectfully submits the following testimony in support of LD 1822.
Read MoreILAP is proud and grateful to report to you that 19 of the people served in our emergency legal programming during ICE’s operation in January are now home, though the effects on them, their lives, and families, will remain.
Read MorePolicy Director Lisa Parisio testifies in support of LD 2176: An Act to Safeguard Personal Information and Strengthen Tenant Rights in Maine.
Read MoreThank you for all the ways you have cared for and supported Maine’s immigrant communities, our team, and each other.
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