During 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 MoreILAP denounces the Trump administration’s travel ban, categorically banning people from some of the most serious humanitarian disasters in the world from entering the U.S. on visas.
Read MoreILAP signed onto a letter with more than 75 other organizations calling on the Biden administration to do more to undo the legacy of the Muslim refugee ban. Read more…
Read MoreILAP is pleased to see immediate action by the Biden Administration, including ending the Trump-era public charge wealth test and introducing the US Citizenship Act. However, there is still urgent action needed to reverse anti-asylum policies and end the criminalization of immigrants.
Read MoreThe Biden-Harris administration wasted no time on its first day and ended some cruel, anti-immigrant policies. Read about ILAP’s Policy Priorities for the administration’s first 100 days.
Read MoreOn April 22, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order barring some people from entering the United States as immigrants for at least the next sixty days. The ban includes parents, siblings, and adult children of U.S. citizens and the spouses and children of lawful permanent residents.
Read MoreOn April 22, the President issued an Executive Order that bars certain immigrants, including parents, siblings, and adult children of US Citizens as well as spouses and children of lawful permanent residents, from entering the United States as immigrants for at least the next sixty days. ILAP strongly condemns this order.
Read MoreHere is an update on recent state and federal activities impacting the lives of immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in Maine.
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