ILAP’s weekly summary of key immigration law and policy developments and an action alert to speak out against Congress funding authoritarianism in the U.S.

ILAP Public Comment: Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection: Biographic Information (for Deferred Action)

ILAP submits a public comment objecting to the Trump administration’s decision to end protection from deportation and access to work permits for abused, neglected, or abandoned children with Special Immigrant Juvenile Status while they wait on their pending cases.

Advocacy in Action, Public CommentGuest UserJuly 24, 2025Advocacy, Legislature

ILAP Condemns Reconciliation Bill, a Failure of Both Morality and Public Policy

ILAP unequivocally condemns the passage of the reconciliation budget bill. The bill contains cruel, sweeping changes to the humanitarian immigration system and approximately $170 billion dollars for mass deportation and enforcement policies, paid for by slashing social safety net programs for low-income people across the country.

Press Release, Advocacy in Action, ILAP NewsGuest UserJuly 11, 2025Budget, Asylum, Enforcement, ICE

ILAP Decries Termination of Temporary Protected Status for Nicaragua and Honduras

Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Hondurans and Nicaraguans has been in place for more than 26 years and has provided vital humanitarian protection to thousands of people across the country, including people here in Maine. ILAP condemns the Trump Administration’s termination of TPS for Nicaragua and Honduras.

Press Release, Advocacy in Action, ILAP NewsGuest UserJuly 11, 2025TPS

ILAP Appalled by Trump Administration’s Termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haiti

ILAP condemns the Trump Administration’s decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti, impacting approximately half a million people.

Press Release, Advocacy in Action, ILAP NewsGuest UserJune 30, 2025TPS, Farmworker

ILAP Community Update: June 13

ILAP’s weekly summary of key immigration law and policy developments and an action alert to speak out against Congress funding authoritarianism in the U.S.

ILAP Denounces Travel Ban, Trump Administration’s Latest Attack on Existing Immigration Pathways

ILAP denounces the Trump administration’s travel ban, categorically banning people from some of the most serious humanitarian disasters in the world from entering the U.S. on visas.

Press Release, Advocacy in Action, ILAP NewsGuest UserJune 6, 2025Travel Ban

ILAP Public Comment: Proposed Maine Rules of Family Procedure to Govern Family-Related Cases in the District Court in Place of the Rules of Civil Procedure

ILAP submits a public comment to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court regarding the proposed requirement to collect immigration information as part of family-related cases in District Court.

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