Legal Director Phil Mantis urges the Biden administration and Congress to act quickly to get Afghan families to safety, echoing calls from Maine’s immigrant communities for a welcoming resettlement process at every level of government. Read more…
Read MoreExecutive Director Sue Roche appears as a featured guest on WBLM’s Perspectives with Celeste and talks about ILAP’s current work and the organization’s history and future. Listen here…
Read MoreAn asylum seeker fleeing political persecution in Syria writes an op-ed in the Washington Post about being unfairly denied asylum from the Boston Asylum Office, citing statistics from ILAP and ACLU’s recent lawsuit against USCIS. Read more…
Read MoreAdvocacy 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…
Read MoreThe Bangor Daily News announces the recipients of Machias Savings Bank’s Community Development Grants. ILAP is grateful to be among the 14 awardees! Read more…
Read MoreMaineBiz announces the Maine Justice Foundation 2021 awardees, including ILAP Asylum Program Director Jennifer Bailey who received the Thomas P. Downing, Jr. Award for her career in civil justice and dedication to asylum seekers in Maine. Read more…
Read MoreILAP was among the Maine organizations supported by the Frances Hollis Brain Foundation Fund of the Maine Community Foundation this year, the Bangor Daily News reports. We are grateful for the support! Read more…
Read MoreFrancine Ngabu, ILAP's Intake Paralegal, talked with Maine Public about her experience having to re-build her legal career after moving to Maine from the Democratic Republic of the Congo where she worked as a judge. ILAP is so grateful to have Francine on our team! Read more…
Read MoreILAP 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…
Read MoreILAP Senior Staff Attorney Kate Chesney talks about ILAP’s focus on trauma-informed legal support services in this Amjambo Africa article about immigrants’ experience of trauma and finding healing. Read more…
Read MoreILAP signs onto a letter with other immigrant rights and criminal justice advocates urging President Biden to consider immigration consequences in his pardon process on racial equity. Read more…
Read MoreMaine Biz announces the 2021 Maine Women’s Fund grantees and ILAP is honored to be among the nonprofits to receive funding in support of our work with survivors of violence. Read more…
Read MoreBowdoin College celebrates students who were awarded Fullbright grant, including graduating senior Noelia Calcano, who interned at ILAP. Congrats, Noelia! Read more…
Read MoreILAP 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…
Read MoreC. Love Cookie Project, whose proceeds benefit ILAP and other Maine nonprofits, was featured on Greenlight Maine’s new series, “Elevating Maine,” as reported by The Arab Daily News. ILAP Board members Thomas Douglas and Adele Masengo Ngoy were also spotlighted in this series. Read more…
Read MoreLegal Director Phil Mantis talks with the Bangor Daily News about the benefits of a new Biden administration policy prohibiting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from arresting immigrants at courthouses. Read more…
Read MoreThe 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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