Portland, ME and Juneau, AK: Groups in Alaska and Maine delivered a letter yesterday to their Senators, Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), urging them to follow up their previous support for women and girls at risk of sexual assault in Haiti by co-sponsoring S. 4814.
Read MoreThree new ICE Out of Maine laws took effect today, drawing a clear line between rogue federal agents and the essential places where Mainers live, learn, and heal. These laws will protect Maine communities and ensure that local officials and resources are never used to support dangerous and chaotic federal immigration operations…
Read MoreOn August 17, House Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson and other Members of the U.S. House of Representatives traveled to Biddeford to join Representative Pingree in an oversight hearing of ICE’s use of force and the killing of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero. ILAP’s Executive Director Sue Roche was called as a witness in the oversight hearing
Read MoreThree new ICE Out of Maine laws took effect today, drawing a clear line between rogue federal agents and the essential places where Mainers live, learn, and heal. These laws will protect Maine communities and ensure that local officials and resources are never used to support dangerous and chaotic federal immigration operations…
Read MoreOn June 30 the Supreme Court upheld the Constitutional right to birthright citizenship, striking down a Trump administration Executive Order.
ILAP’s Executive Director, Sue Roche, issued the following statement:
“ILAP applauds and is deeply grateful to the immigrant plaintiffs who came forward to defend the U.S. Constitution and challenge the Trump administration’s attempt to end birthright citizenship…
Read MoreMaine – On June 25, the Supreme Court issued a ruling that will allow immigration officials to refuse entry to people seeking asylum at the border and prevent them from having the opportunity to apply for asylum protections that they qualify for under our laws. Asylum metering and turnback policies, forcing people to wait in Mexico or find more dangerous routes to enter the United States, are well documented to put already-extremely vulnerable people at more risk.
ILAP’s Executive Director, Sue Roche, issued the following statement…
Read MoreMaine – On June 25, the Supreme Court issued a ruling paving the way for the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 350,000 people from Haiti and Syria, which has implications for all TPS holders.
ILAP’s Executive Director, Sue Roche, issued the following statement…
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.
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