ILAP 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.
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ILAP 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.
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ILAP 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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ILAP unequivocally opposes the Laken Riley Act, which politicizes and exploits the tragic death of Laken Riley to pave the way for the incoming administration’s extremist, anti-immigrant mass deportation agenda.
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The Biden administration announced it will be finalizing a rule automatically extending work permits for certain noncitizens. ILAP applauds Maine Governor Mills, Representative Pingree, and Senator King for successfully advocating for this urgently needed change to protect Maine businesses and immigrant workers.
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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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