The podcast America the Bilingual features the story of Mohamed Kilani, an Arab immigrant who teaches Spanish in Maine. Mohamed shares gratitude for ILAP, who helped his family when they first arrived.
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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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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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ILAP was among the Maine organizations to receive funding through the Maine Community Foundation's Community Building Grant Program. This grant will support ILAP’s work expanding legal services for asylum seekers across the state.
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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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Executive Director Sue Roche shares ILAP's support of the Governor's announcement about Maine's new Office for New Americans in a Bangor Daily News Editorial about the need for state-level coordination to support immigrants in Maine.
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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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