ILAP Advocacy and Outreach Attorney Julia Brown, Esq. testified before the Portland School Board to address the serious immigration consequences stemming from the presence of law enforcement in the district’s schools.
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Boston Immigration Court, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have begun to re-open. Information is changing quickly, so please check each agency’s website often for the latest updates.
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Submit a comment to protect asylum in the United States. The Department of Homeland Security and the Executive Office for Immigration Review posted a proposed regulation that would decimate asylum law and humanitarian protections. Tell the administration why we must preserve the right to asylum. Submit a comment by July 15th, 2020.
***PLEASE NOTE: THIS RULE IS PROPOSED AND NOT IN EFFECT.***
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ILAP regularly serves as a source of accurate information for the media, and is trusted by the general public for our expertise.
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Read a special edition of the Golden Door that celebrates the Supreme Court’s DACA decision and addresses Maine’s glaring COVID-19 racial disparities.
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ILAP grieves and is outraged by the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, David McAtee, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, and the many other Black people in this country who have been killed by anti-Black violence. We stand with Black leaders in Maine and nationally to demand policies that dismantle white supremacy.
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Take five minutes and call Maine’s congressional delegation. Tell them that you want them to speak out on behalf of the Federal Immigrant Release for Safety and Security Together (FIRST) Act or similar legislation. Tell them that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must immediately release people from its custody and suspend immigration enforcement in light of the seriousness of the pandemic.
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ILAP demands justice and is committed to standing with and following the lead of Maine’s Black leaders and community members, now and in the future. We say loud and clear, “Black lives matter.” Join us.
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