ILAP remains steadfast in our support of asylum seekers and the legal right to seek asylum, rejecting the Biden administration’s most recent attempt to erode access to justice for those seeking protection.
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ILAP announces our annual Volunteer and Community Partner Awards and shares gratitude for our wide network of volunteers, organizations, businesses, and advocates.
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ILAP joins a national effort to hold elected officials accountable for racist, anti-immigrant language by demanding Congressional leaders denounce the use of dehumanizing rhetoric.
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ILAP joins the Fairness to Freedom Campaign in sending a letter urging Congress to allocate funding to help safeguard the due process rights of people in removal proceedings by providing access to legal representation.
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ILAP signs onto a letter led by African Communities Together and Congolese community leaders across the U.S. calling for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Special Student Relief designation for the Democratic Republic of Congo due to escalating widespread violence, environmental disasters, and humanitarian emergencies in the country.
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ILAP joins the Haitian Bridge Alliance and 480 other organizations calling for the extension and redesignation of Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and an indefinite moratorium on deportation flights to Haiti amid a life-threatening humanitarian crisis.
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In this fact sheet, the Justice Action Group calls on the Maine legislature to take steps to fulfill the promise of equal justice by investing more in civil legal aid services throughout the state.
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The Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition (MIRC) sends a letter from its 100+ member organizations in support of the plan to create and fund an Office of New Americans in Maine.
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