The U.S. Supreme Court just concluded a term marked by major decisions on cases such as: birthright citizenship, immigrant rights, executive power, and transgender students.
Read MoreDuring the last week of June, the Supreme Court issued three major immigration decisions on Temporary Protected Status, Asylum, and Birthright Citizenship. Each ruling will impact Maine immigrants, including one that paves the way for the federal administration to terminate Temporary Protected Status for 1.3 million people across the country.
Read MoreThe Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project in Maine said in a statement on Tuesday that the Supreme Court’s decision on birthright citizenship “got it right,” but that its ruling last week, affirming Trump’s power to remove temporary protected status for hundreds of thousands of people from Syria and Haiti, creates “grave risks of family separation.”
Read More"The administration’s attack on this fundamental right has caused tremendous harm and anxiety in our communities, as parents have lived with fear and uncertainty about their children’s citizenship, security, and future," said ILAP executive director Sue Roche. "While today’s decision affirms the rights of those vulnerable children, we know they still face grave risks of family separation with the Supreme Court’s Temporary Protected Status ruling and the administration’s ongoing mass deportation agenda."
Read MoreSue Roche, executive director of the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project, said that the approximately 1.3 million people in the U.S. enrolled in the temporary protected status program include “at least hundreds of people in Maine. Many people have lived with TPS protection for years and decades, raising families, working essential jobs in our workforce, and becoming indispensable parts of our communities.”
Read MorePolicy director at the Immigrant Legal, Lisa Parisio, said a TPS is used by at least 700 people in Maine, including several hundred with Haitian and Syrian designations. "This decision paves the way to impact all of these folks here in Maine and all of their families and their workplaces," Parisio said.
Read MoreThis past month, ILAP celebrated the return of CeleSoirée, our annual community gathering event. It was a sold-out room, with 350+ people coming together to connect, learn, and support ILAP’s work and a Maine that is Home For All.
Read MoreRepresentatives from the Maine ACLU and the Maine Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project were among those to speak in support during public comment period.
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