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Publication Date
04/29/2016
The Immigrant Legal Resource Center, with our partners the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights in the San Francisco Bay Area and Californians for Safety and Justice, are pleased to provide a manual on how to help immigrants get post-conviction relief in California. Here is a link to the manual, and a separate link to the Practice Aids in the Appendices.
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Publication Date
06/24/2016
A noncitizen who is convicted of a “crime of domestic violence” is deportable. INA 237(a)(2)(E)(i), 8 USC 1227(a)(2)(E)(i). In Matter of H. Estrada the BIA reaffirmed that the categorical approach must be used to determine that the offense is a “crime of violence” under 18 USC § 16, but it held that the circumstance-specific approach can be used to determine whether the victim and defendant shared the required domestic relationship. Under that approach, the BIA found that ICE can use any reliable evidence, including evidence from outside the record of conviction, to try to meet its burden of proving the relationship.
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Publication Date
11/13/2019
National Map of Local Entanglement with ICE
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Publication Date
03/05/2025
This brief fact sheet explains the federal statute of 8 USC § 1373 and its relation to policies limiting compliance with immigration detainers or other immigration enforcement assistance by local law enforcement agencies, also called “Sanctuary Jurisdictions.” These policies do not generally conflict with 8 USC § 1373 and therefore do not put localities in jeopardy of losing federal funds.
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Publication Date
07/29/2016
This updated memo explores recent case law on immigration detainers and how the 2015 detainer forms are still constitutionally deficient. Local jails who detain immigrants for ICE continue to risk liability for unlawful detentions.
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Publication Date
05/13/2011
Overview of the Anti-Fraud CampaignILRC Announces Major Immigration Fraud Public Awareness Campaign. The ILRC has been a leader in the educational campaign to warn immigrants about immigration fraud. Too often, immigrants fall prey to scam artists that promise them an easy path to legal status only to cheat them out of their hard-earned money and, often, put them at risk of deportation. To combat this problem, ILRC has produced and distributed thousands of graphic novels, or comic books, in English, Spanish and Chinese that warn immigrants about typical immigration fraud scams.
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Publication Date
12/09/2010
The DREAM Act is proposed federal legislation that would help thousands of hard-working students realize their dreams of legalizing their immigration status. Specifically, the DREAM Act would provide legal status and access to financial aid to those young people who have graduated from a high school in the United States or received a GED, entered the United States before they were 16 years of age, and have been in the United States for at least five years. In order to qualify, each student would have to complete two years of higher education, or serve in the United States Armed Forces for at least two years. It is very inspiring to ILRC that these "DREAM Act" students, especially those in the California DREAM network, are working together and with others for the enactment of this legislation in the United States Congress.
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Publication Date
05/02/2012
On August 30, 2011, USCIS issued a policy memorandum on eligibility to self-petition as a battered or abused parent of a U.S. citizen.
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Publication Date
11/19/2010
This guide is designed to walk you through the document-gathering requirements under the 1994 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and its more recent revisions and updates. Though not a comprehensive explanation of the law or its requirements, it is instead a user-friendly resource to gathering the necesary documents for a VAWA self-petition.
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Publication Date
10/02/2025
This resource is a comprehensive client intake form meant to assist practitioners in screening for immigration relief options and assessing red flags. Accompanying the intake form are notes to assist practitioners in spotting issues and relief options as well as a summary of common forms of relief. This sample client intake form is generic, to screen for general relief since the goal at the screening stage is not to make a final determination of eligibility but to assess pathways for relief.
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Publication Date
08/03/2016
In this issue: The ILRC Pushes Forward After a Disappointing Setback from the Supreme Court; 2016 Legislative Updates in California; New Americans Campaign Celebrates Fifth Anniversary with New Site; 2015 Annual Report
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Publication Date
12/18/2015
In this issue: Immigrants Shape California Legislative Package; The other side of the immigration debate; Protecting Undocumented Youth in the Child Welfare System; ILRC Combats Unjust Immigration Enforcement
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Publication Date
08/03/2016
Immigration was one of the leading issues in our country in 2015. Animosity toward immigrants grew last year, and with it the threat of deportation and anti-immigrant policies. Thanks to our partners, allies, and the community, 2015 was a year we celebrated wins in our fight to advance immigrant rights. Read more in ILRC’s 2015 Annual Report.
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Publication Date
08/19/2016
Policy statement in opposition to U.S. Customs and Border Protection's proposal to collect the social media information of individuals entering the United States through the Visa Waiver Program.
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Publication Date
09/06/2016
Letter from 102 law professors and scholars in the areas of immigration, migration, administrative, and international law to President Obama outlining the legal authority for the use of Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala to provide relief from deportation to 1.2 million undocumented immigrants.