The Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) immigration attorneys’ expertise focuses on family-based immigration, humanitarian relief, naturalization and citizenship, immigration enforcement, and removal defense.
Since 1979 we have helped expand the immigration expertise of attorneys, nonprofit staff, criminal defenders, and others assisting immigrant clients.
In addition to authoring the ILRC’s practice manuals, our expert attorneys have been published by Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB), American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), ILW.com, Huffington Post, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Center for Law and Social Policy, The Hill, LexisNexis Emerging Issues, and Fox News Latino.
We have also provided training to National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), American Bar Association Commission on Immigration, Federal Bar Association, The State Bar of California, Legal Aid Association of California, Judicial Council of California and more.
Family Separations Will Continue Despite Trump Executive Order, Until Overzealous Prosecutions and Detention End, Says ILRC
For Immediate Release: June 20, 2018
Contact: Marie McIntosh, mmcintosh@ilrc.org, (978) 500-2748
Family Separations Will Continue Despite Trump Executive Order, Until Overzealous Prosecutions and Detention End, Says Immigrant Legal Resource Center
Speaker Ryan’s Hardline Immigration Bill Will Increase the Criminalization of Immigrant Communities
For Immediate Release: June 27, 2018
Contact: Courtney Holsworth, courtney@balestramedia.com, 989.572.8162
Speaker Ryan’s Hardline Immigration Bill Will Increase the Criminalization of Immigrant Communities, says Immigrant Legal Resource Center

Unconscionable to Not Redesignate Yemen, Home to One of World’s Worst Humanitarian Crises, for TPS Protection
For Immediate Release: July 5, 2018
Contact: Courtney Holsworth, courtney@balestramedia.com, (989) 572-8162
Unconscionable to Not Redesignate Yemen, Home to One of World’s Worst Humanitarian Crises, for TPS Protection, Says Immigrant Legal Resource Center
Immigrant Rights Groups Applaud California Judge’s Decision to Uphold State Laws Protecting Immigrants
For Immediate Release: July 5, 2018
Contact: Marie McIntosh, mmcintosh@ilrc.org (415) 321-8507
Immigrant Rights Groups Applaud California Judge’s Decision to Uphold State Laws Protecting Immigrants
New Memo: Trump Administration Plan to Initiate Removal Proceedings Against a Larger Number of Immigrants will Cause More Panic and Fear
For Immediate Release: July 5, 2018
Contact: Christina DiPasquale, christina@balestramedia.com, (202) 716-1953
New Memo: Trump Administration Plan to Initiate Removal Proceedings Against a Larger Number of Immigrants will Cause More Panic and Fear, Says Immigrant Legal Resource Center
Somali Nationals Face Grim Future Without Redesignation of TPS
For Immediate Release: July 19, 2018
Contact: Courtney Holsworth, courtney@balestramedia.com, (989) 572-8162
Somali Nationals Face Grim Future Without Redesignation of TPS, Says Immigrant Legal Resource Center
