The Supreme Court issued a ruling to allow the administration to move forward with ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for people from Venezuela who registered under the 2023 designation. ILAP condemns the decision and calls on Congress to pass legislation to protect Venezuelan TPS holders.
Read MorePolicy Director Lisa Parisio testifies before the Judiciary Committee in support of a bill to prohibit formal agreements between local law enforcement and ICE.
Read MorePolicy Director Lisa Parisio testifies before the Judiciary Committee in support of a bill to enact guardrails protecting due process rights for immigrants and all community members.
Read MoreILAP 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.
Read MoreImmigrant 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.
Read MoreILAP’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.
Read MoreCo-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.
Read MoreCo-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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