ILAP was among those to provide testimony before Maine Legislature's Judiciary Committee in strong support of two bills aimed at protecting Maine’s resources from being used for the Trump administration’s inhumane mass deportation agenda.
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Immigrant Children's Project Attorney Maggie Loeffelholz testifies before the Judiciary Committee in support of legislation needed to clarify preexisting legal procedures for certain at-risk noncitizen children seeking protection in Maine courts.
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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.
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Co-Legal Director Melissa Brennan describes the "needless, abject cruelty" in the case of Lewiston teenager Jose Adalberto Herrera who has spent two months and counting at a detention center hundreds of miles away as a result of a traffic stop in Maine.
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Co-Legal Director Alice Kopij highlights the courage it takes for immigrant workers to come forward to report abuse and unsafe working conditions.
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Policy Director Lisa Parisio discusses the spike in immigration enforcement in Maine, sharing that ILAP has seen at least ten cases involving people who have been detained despite being in lawful immigration processes with valid work permits and no criminal history.
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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’s weekly summary of key immigration law and policy developments and an action alert to take action for union member Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia on May Day.
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