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.
Read MoreTemporary 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.
Read MoreILAP condemns the Trump Administration’s decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti, impacting approximately half a million people.
Read MoreILAP 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.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court issued a ruling to allow the administration to move forward with ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for people from Venezuela who registered under the 2023 designation. ILAP condemns the decision and calls on Congress to pass legislation to protect Venezuelan TPS holders.
Read MoreILAP decries the Trump administration’s announcement that it is terminating the immigration status and corresponding work permits of people currently in the U.S. under the Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (CHNV) parole program.
Read MoreILAP condemns the Trump administration’s detention of 17-year-old Jose Adalberto Herrera of Lewiston, Maine and calls for his immediate release back to his family.
Read MoreILAP joins our partners across New England to denounce the Trump administration’s expansion of immigration detention in our region, following news that ICE will begin using a federal, medium security prison in Berlin, New Hampshire to detain immigrants.
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