ILAP Applauds Representative Pingree for Conducting Crucial Oversight of ICE Facility in Scarborough

Scarborough, ME – On December 8, U.S. Representative Pingree exercised her Congressional rights and responsibilities to conduct oversight at the ICE facility in Scarborough, in response to reports of Maine residents being denied access to counsel there, and other concerning issues. A copy of Representative Pingree’s letter requesting this oversight visit can be found here.

ILAP Co-Legal Director Melissa Brennan joined Representative Pingree at a press conference following the oversight visit, and shared these remarks…

Advocacy in Action, Press Release, ILAP NewsVonnie TullDecember 9, 2025Advocacy

ILAP Public Comment: End of Work Permit Automatic Extensions

The Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project, (ILAP), respectfully submits the following comments regarding the USCIS Interim Final Rule (IFR), Removal of the Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents, DHS Docket No. USCIS-2025-0271. ILAP recommends this IFR – which has no legitimate underlying public policy rationale – be immediately withdrawn in its entirety and the previous final rule granting 540-day automatic extensions of certain work permits be restored.

Advocacy in Action, Public Comment, ILAP NewsGuest UserNovember 20, 2025Advocacy

Representative Pingree and Senator King Lead Members of Congress in Calling on Trump Administration Not to Punish Workers and Businesses for Government Processing Delays

Maine – On October 30, the federal administration announced the end of a policy that had automatically extended certain work permits. These automatic extensions were necessary to ensure that workers and businesses were not punished when processing delays at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services resulted in workers not getting their new work permit in time before their previous work permit expired.

Press Release, Advocacy in Action, ILAP NewsGuest UserNovember 7, 2025

ILAP Applauds Wells Community Advocates for Securing End of 287(g) ICE Agreement

ILAP enthusiastically applauds Wells Democracy in Action and other Wells residents for their tireless, community-centered advocacy, successfully ending the 287(g) ICE agreement put in place by the Wells Police Department last April. This victory is critical to protecting the rights and safety of Well’s immigrant residents and the community as a whole.

Advocacy in Action, Press Release, ILAP NewsGuest UserOctober 23, 2025Policy, Immigration Policy

ILAP Community Update: September 12

ILAP’s weekly summary of key immigration law and policy developments and an action alert to speak out against Congress funding authoritarianism in the U.S.

ILAP Community Update: August 8

ILAP’s weekly summary of key immigration law and policy developments and an action alert to speak out against Congress funding authoritarianism in the U.S.

ILAP Public Comment: Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection: Biographic Information (for Deferred Action)

ILAP submits a public comment objecting to the Trump administration’s decision to end protection from deportation and access to work permits for abused, neglected, or abandoned children with Special Immigrant Juvenile Status while they wait on their pending cases.

Advocacy in Action, Public CommentGuest UserJuly 24, 2025Advocacy, Legislature

ILAP Condemns Reconciliation Bill, a Failure of Both Morality and Public Policy

ILAP unequivocally condemns the passage of the reconciliation budget bill. The bill contains cruel, sweeping changes to the humanitarian immigration system and approximately $170 billion dollars for mass deportation and enforcement policies, paid for by slashing social safety net programs for low-income people across the country.

Press Release, Advocacy in Action, ILAP NewsGuest UserJuly 11, 2025Budget, Asylum, Enforcement, ICE

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