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 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.

ILAP Public Comment: General Assistance Proposed Rule #26

ILAP submits a public comment commending Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services’ (DHHS) on proposal for mandatory training for General Assistance administrators. ILAP also provided recommendations for training topics to ensure immigrants receive trauma-informed and culturally competent assistance.

ILAP Public Comment: Work Permit Automatic Extensions

ILAP submits a public comment urging USCIS to make automatic extensions of work permits longer and permanent, as well as put in place systems to help people at risk of losing work authorization due to government processing delays to alert the government that urgent action is needed.

Advocacy in Action, Public CommentGuest UserJune 6, 2024Advocacy, Public Comment, Work Permit, USCIS

ILAP Public Comment: TANF Rule #118P – Noncitizen Language

ILAP submits a public comment to the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Family Independence recommending changes to the Public Assistance Manual to ensure all eligible noncitizens can access and understand critical Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).

Advocacy in Action, Public CommentGuest UserFebruary 12, 2024Advocacy, Benefits, Asylum, Language Access

ILAP Public Comment: Proposed Rules for Law Enforcement Collection of Traffic Stop Data to Eliminate Profiling

ILAP submits a public comment to the Office of the Maine Attorney General, highlighting the importance of collecting data about immigration enforcement involvement during traffic stops to analyze the impact of racial profiling on immigrant communities in Maine.

ILAP Public Comment: Circumvention of Lawful Pathways

ILAP submits a public comment strongly opposing the Biden administration’s plan to implement a new, deadly asylum ban at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Advocacy in Action, Public CommentGuest UserMarch 24, 2023Advocacy, Public Comment, Border

ILAP Public Comment: Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection Claims by Asylum Officers

ILAP submitted a public comment regarding the Biden administration’s proposed asylum interim final rule, recommending that the rule not be implemented as proposed due to unreasonably rushed timelines, disparities in asylum office grant rates, and concerns about due process.

Advocacy in Action, Public CommentGuest UserMay 26, 2022Advocacy, Asylum

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