Posts tagged Lawsuit
Number of ICE arrestees detained at Portland jail has skyrocketed since 2016

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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U.S. asylum office is approving fewer applications from Maine

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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