The Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project, (ILAP), respectfully submits the following comments regarding the notice of proposed rulemaking, Employment Authorization Reform for Asylum Applicants (DHS Docket No. USCIS-2025-0370; RIN 1615-AC97).
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“In a rural state like Maine, where driving is a basic need, losing a vehicle could have a devastating impact on an individual and family, especially compounded with the other traumatic impacts of ICE detention,” said Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project Policy Director Lisa Parisio.
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“Immigration enforcement has been at high levels since the beginning of 2025 to now, both before and after the January ICE operation,” Lisa Parisio, the policy director for the Portland-based Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project, said. “Enforcement did not stop after that.”
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LD 2106 puts in place the strongest protections possible at the state level to counteract the federal administration’s policy of allowing immigration enforcement at these sensitive locations. Using existing 4th Amendment rights, the bill requires immigration officers to have a valid judicial warrant or court order to enter protected areas (unless there is an emergency).
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Executive Director Sue Roche testifies in support of Supplemental Budget Funding for Civil Legal Aid.
The Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project, or ILAP, respectfully submits the following testimony in support of LD 1822.
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After eight years of waiting for the federal government to schedule a hearing for his case, a father seeking asylum in Maine was instead detained, thrusting him into hostile court proceedings with limited opportunities for appeal.
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ILAP is proud and grateful to report to you that 19 of the people served in our emergency legal programming during ICE’s operation in January are now home, though the effects on them, their lives, and families, will remain.
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