Advocacy and Outreach Director Julia Brown discusses ILAP’s state- and federal-level immigration advocacy work with Richard Rudolph on WMPG’s Community Voices for Change program. Read more…
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ILAP signs onto a letter calling on the Biden-Harris administration to invest in welcome centers for families arriving to the Southern border rather continuing ICE’s contracts with hotels and private security companies. Read more…
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ILAP signed onto a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) calling for a review of all Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) personnel decisions made by the previous administration. Read more…
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The Bangor Daily News overviews 24 bills under consideration by the Maine State Legislature relating to criminal justice reform and police oversight. ILAP provided testimony in support of several, including LD 417 and LD 132. Read more…
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The Portland Press Herald details ICE’s ongoing secretive and unethical actions in Maine, the subject of the lawsuit ILAP and our partners recently filed against the immigration enforcement agency. The Editorial’s conclusion: we deserve to know more about ICE’s activities in Maine. Read more…
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The Bangor Daily News reports on ICE activity in Maine, including an increase in the number of immigrants detained at Cumberland County Jail and the agency’s proposed facility in Scarborough. ILAP joined the ACLU of Maine and University of Maine School of Law's Refugee & Human Rights Clinic to sue ICE for information about their detention activities. Read more…
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ILAP joined our partners at the ACLU of Maine and University of Maine School of Law's Refugee & Human Rights Clinic to sue ICE for information about their detention activities in Maine. Read more…
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ILAP joined our partners at the ACLU of Maine and University of Maine School of Law's Refugee & Human Rights Clinic to sue ICE for information about their detention activities in Maine. Read more…
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ILAP’s Legal Director Philip Mantis talks with Maine Public about ICE’s unsafe and unethical practices during the COVID-19 pandemic, which led ILAP and its partners to file a FOIA lawsuit against ICE. Read more…
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ILAP joined our partners at the ACLU of Maine and University of Maine School of Law's Refugee & Human Rights Clinic to sue ICE for information about their detention activities in Maine. Read more.
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ILAP joined our partners at the ACLU of Maine and University of Maine School of Law's Refugee & Human Rights Clinic to sue ICE for information about their detention activities in Maine. Read more…
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Advocacy and Outreach Director Julia Brown writes about the Biden-Harris administration’s first immigration policy actions and outlines the continued advocacy that will be required to build a new immigration system in this op-ed in the Bangor Daily News. Read more…
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Julia Brown, ILAP’s Advocacy and Outreach Director, talks with Maine Public about the Biden-Harris Administration’s promising approach to immigration, including an immigration reform bill sent to Congress on the first day. Read more…
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ILAP Advocacy and Outreach Attorney Julia Brown explains why ILAP, along with the ACLU of Maine and the University of Maine’s Refugee and Human Rights Clinic have filed a lawsuit against the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Read more…
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ILAP Advocacy and Outreach Attorney Julia Brown explains why ILAP, along with the ACLU of Maine and the University of Maine’s Refugee and Human Rights Clinic have filed a lawsuit against the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Read more…
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Following a sharp decrease in asylum approvals for Mainers over the last few years, ILAP, the ACLU of Maine, and the University of Maine’s Refugee and Human Rights Clinic have filed a lawsuit against the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), seeking information about how the Boston and Newark Asylum Offices access asylum requests. Read more…
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