ILAP joins over 200 organizations in writing U.S. House leadership to express strong opposition to the proposed amendments to codify and extend the deadly use of Title 42.
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Afghanistan Project Attorney Catherine N. Lindgren is among those on the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Afghan Response Task Force honored with the 2022 Michael Maggio Memorial Pro Bono Award.
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Policy and Outreach Attorney Lisa Parisio explains the racist roots and harms of Title 42 in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling about Remain in Mexico.
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Here is an update on recent state and federal activities impacting the lives of immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in Maine.
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The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) recognizes AILA Afghan Response Task Force, including ILAP’s Catherine N. Lindgren, with the 2022 Michael Maggio Memorial Pro Bono Award for outstanding efforts in providing pro bono representation in the immigration field.
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ILAP responds to the Supreme Court’s ruling allowing the Biden Administration to end the Remain in Mexico program, a senseless and racist border policy that forces asylum seekers to wait in dangerous conditions in Mexico while trying to exercise their right to seek asylum in the U.S.
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The U.S. government is offering Afghan people who are currently in the U.S. Temporary Protected Status (TPS). TPS gives people temporary protection from deportation, legal status, and a work permit (Employment Authorization Card). TPS is temporary; the current designation of Afghanistan TPS is only for 18 months and ends on November 20, 2023. After that time, the U.S. government can extend TPS or choose to end it.
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Lives in Limbo report co-author Dr. Basileus Zeno discusses the investigation into the Boston Asylum Office by ILAP, University of Maine School of Law Refugee and Human Rights Clinic, and the ACLU of Maine, our report that followed, and his own experiences with the U.S. asylum system.
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