ILAP joins over 380 organizations in writing to the Biden administration to express grave concern over their consideration to reinstate the inhumane and cruel practice of family detention.
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In a letter to the Biden administration, ILAP and 170+ organizations call for an end to all Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention contracts expiring in 2023.
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ILAP joins 170+ organizations to call for an extension on the public comment period for the proposed asylum ban, recommending at least 60 days.
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ILAP joined nearly 300 organizations across the country in condemning the Biden administration’s proposed inhumane asylum ban.
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ILAP 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.
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ILAP joined nearly 80 other local, state, and national organizations to call on all levels of Maine’s government to coordinate an immediate, state-wide response to guarantee housing and services for newly arriving asylum seekers.
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Over forty Maine organizations have signed a letter calling for Maine's Congressional delegation to push for the inclusion of immigrant families in the next COVID-19 relief package.
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The Dream Act was introduced last summer with bipartisan support. There is a push to get Congress to pass the Dream Act before January 19, 2018, by which Congress has to pass a new budget bill. ILAP is advocating for a “clean” Dream Act, meaning that there is nothing attached to it (like funding for a border wall or additional enforcement provisions). ILAP sent a sign-on letter to each member of the Maine congressional delegation, urging them to act swiftly on behalf of Dreamers. 34 organizations and groups signed on.
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