ILAP joins the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP) in calling for immediate action to expand the automatic extension of work authorization for immigrants with pending work permit renewal applications.
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The Women’s Refugee Commission releases a report featuring New York City and Portland, Maine about supporting people seeking asylum. ILAP's Senior Project Attorney Catherine N. Lindgren and Immigrant Children’s Project Attorney Maggie Loeffelholz were interviewed for the report.
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ILAP joins the African Communities Together (ACT) and the Temporary Protected Status Deferred Enforced Departure Administrative Advocacy Coalition (TPS-DED AAC) in commending the Biden administration’s decision to extend and redesignate TPS for Sudan.
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ILAP applauds Governor Janet Mills’ Executive Order directing the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future to develop a plan to establish Maine’s first Office for New Americans.
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Following the U.S. District Court’s ruling that the Biden administration’s asylum ban is unlawful, ILAP joins over 200 organizations in urging the administration to accept the court’s decision and drop its defense of the inhumane policy.
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ILAP joins more than 100 organizations in calling for the return of unjustly deported people, as part of the Chance to Come Home campaign.
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ILAP applauds the long-awaited end to Title 42, but strongly opposes the new asylum ban to be implemented in its place that will deny access to asylum and continue the harms of Title 42, leaving the most vulnerable people trapped in dangerous situations.
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ILAP and our partners release an overview of the House’s proposed Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023, including the benefits of this bill, why it’s needed, and how it’s different from the Senate version.
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