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Local Policy Interventions for Protecting Immigrants

Local policies are the main drivers of policing, prosecution, and the deportation machine. This resource provides examples of effective policy language localities can use to protect community members.
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Issues/Areas of Expertise

Asylum
Citizenship and Naturalization
Civic Participation
Community Resources
Crimes
DACA
Detention
Enforcement
Family-Based
Immigrant Youth
LGBT
Policy Advocacy
Post-Conviction Relief
Prosecutors
Public Charge
Removal Defense
U Visa/T Visa/VAWA

Projects and Networks

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Immigrant Justice Network

The Immigrant Justice Network (IJN) engages in advocacy, education, technical assistance, training, communications, and litigation to address the needs of those caught in the intersection of the criminal justice and immigration systems.
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New Americans Campaign

The New Americans Campaign (NAC), a project of the ILRC, is a nonpartisan, groundbreaking national network of legal-service providers, faith-based organizations, businesses, foundations and community leaders that is paving a better road to citizenship.
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Collective Freedom Project

The Collective Freedom Project tells the stories of the local efforts where people — both U.S. citizens and non U.S. citizens — came together to fight unique campaigns against criminalization in their communities.

What's New

FAQs & Explainers
FAQs & Explainers
Fact Sheet on Penal Code § 372.5, effective Jan. 1, 2023
Date Published:
11/29/2022

This fact sheet describes new Cal.

Public Comments / Sign-on Letters
Public Comments / Sign-on Letters
ILRC Comments to USCIS on Policy Manual Changes to Naturalization Disability Waivers
Date Published:
11/22/2022

On October 19, 2022, USCIS published major revisions to their Policy Manual on the English and/or Civics disability waiver for naturalization applicants. Overall, these changes were a welcome improvement in access to the disability waiver.

Public Comments / Sign-on Letters
Public Comments / Sign-on Letters
Public Comment for the Texas Senate Border Committee on Operation Lone Star
Date Published:
11/18/2022

Texas-based attorneys Priscilla Olivarez and Jennefer Canales-Pelaez submitted these comments to the Texas Senate Border Committee. The committee heard testimony on Nov.

Alert-October 2022 Changes to USCIS FORM N-648 and to the USCIS Policy Manual
Date Published:
11/03/2022

This Alert describes recent changes to the naturalization disability waiver.  On October 19, 2022, USCIS announced major revisions to the Form N-648, which is used by naturalization applicants who seek a waiver of the English and/or civics requirement based on a disability or impairmen

Practice Advisory
Practice Advisory
New Options for Survivors of Trafficking and Domestic Violence
Date Published:
11/02/2022

Survivors of human trafficking and of domestic or sexual violence often are charged and convicted of offenses that arose as a direct result of their exploitation. For noncitizens, the criminal record can cause deportation or destroy their eligibility for humanitarian visas.

Public Comments / Sign-on Letters
Public Comments / Sign-on Letters
ILRC Letter to USCIS on Recent Improvements to the Naturalization Disability Waiver (N-648)
Date Published:
10/26/2022

ILRC wrote a letter to USCIS to commend the agency on the October 19, 2022 USCIS announcement of major revisions to the Form N-648, Medical Certification for Disability Exceptions.