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.
Read MoreILAP signed onto letter urging the House Appropriations Committees to support funding for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) backlog reduction efforts.
Read MoreHere is an update on recent state and federal activities impacting the lives of immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in Maine.
Read MoreILAP and our co-authors lead a letter endorsed by more than 40 organizations and law firms, to New England members of Congress, calling for more oversight on bias and lack of access to asylum at the Boston Asylum Office, as documented in our Lives in Limbo report.
Read MoreLives in Limbo report co-author Dr. Basileus Zeno discusses the investigation into the Boston Asylum Office by ILAP, University of Maine School of Law Refugee and Human Rights Clinic, and the ACLU of Maine, our report that followed, and his own experiences with the U.S. asylum system.
Read MoreILAP and the other authors of the recently published report, Lives in Limbo: How the Boston Asylum Office Fails Asylum Seekers, commend Congress for calling on the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General to immediately investigate bias and the resulting low asylum grant rates in the Boston Asylum Office.
Read MoreExecutive Director Sue Roche explains the Lives in Limbo report that prompted members of Congress to submit a letter to the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General calling for a formal investigation into the Boston Asylum Office.
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