The Golden Door: December 2021

Here is an update on recent state and federal activities impacting the lives of immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in Maine.

The Golden Door, ILAP NewsILAP MaineDecember 30, 2021Call to Action, Advocacy, Humanitarian, Border, Asylum, Lawsuit, Youth, SIJS, Rural Maine

Our View: Public deserves to know reason for low asylum approval rates

ILAP and our partners at the ACLU of Maine and the University of Maine’s Refugee and Human Rights Clinic are pursuing a lawsuit against the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to uncover why the USCIS Boston office is denying asylum cases at a rate far higher than the national average. Read more…

Press MentionsILAP MaineDecember 29, 2021Asylum, Lawsuit, Impact Litigation

ACLU of Maine takes legal action against Boston immigration office over denied Asylum applications

ILAP and our partners at the ACLU of Maine and the University of Maine’s Refugee and Human Rights Clinic are pursuing a lawsuit against the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to uncover why the USCIS Boston office is denying asylum cases at a rate far higher than the national average. Read more…

Press MentionsILAP MaineDecember 27, 2021Asylum, Impact Litigation, Lawsuit

Immigrant legal groups from Maine sue federal government over low asylum approval rates

ILAP and our partners at the ACLU of Maine and the University of Maine’s Refugee and Human Rights Clinic are pursuing a lawsuit against the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to uncover why the USCIS Boston office is denying asylum cases at a rate far higher than the national average. Read more…

Press MentionsILAP MaineDecember 24, 2021Asylum, Impact Litigation, Lawsuit