Sue Roche, executive director of the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project, said that the approximately 1.3 million people in the U.S. enrolled in the temporary protected status program include “at least hundreds of people in Maine. Many people have lived with TPS protection for years and decades, raising families, working essential jobs in our workforce, and becoming indispensable parts of our communities.”
Read MorePolicy director at the Immigrant Legal, Lisa Parisio, said a TPS is used by at least 700 people in Maine, including several hundred with Haitian and Syrian designations. "This decision paves the way to impact all of these folks here in Maine and all of their families and their workplaces," Parisio said.
Read MoreLisa Parisio, with the Portland-based Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project, said revoking Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, is part of the administration's broader attack on legal immigration pathways.
"Going after people who have existing statuses like TPS holders and seeking to strip them of their protections so that they can increase the numbers of people that they are able to deport," Parisio said.
Read MoreMaine – On June 25, the Supreme Court issued a ruling that will allow immigration officials to refuse entry to people seeking asylum at the border and prevent them from having the opportunity to apply for asylum protections that they qualify for under our laws. Asylum metering and turnback policies, forcing people to wait in Mexico or find more dangerous routes to enter the United States, are well documented to put already-extremely vulnerable people at more risk.
ILAP’s Executive Director, Sue Roche, issued the following statement…
Read MoreMaine – On June 25, the Supreme Court issued a ruling paving the way for the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 350,000 people from Haiti and Syria, which has implications for all TPS holders.
ILAP’s Executive Director, Sue Roche, issued the following statement…
Read MoreThis past month, ILAP celebrated the return of CeleSoirée, our annual community gathering event. It was a sold-out room, with 350+ people coming together to connect, learn, and support ILAP’s work and a Maine that is Home For All.
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