Naturalization and U.S. Citizenship [Obsolete]

Naturalization and U.S. Citizenship: The Essential Legal Guide. Now in its 13th Edition, the ILRC continues to write the most accessible comprehensive guide on the naturalization process and citizenship. Consisting of 14 chapters and extensive...

Inspiring Leadership in Immigrant Communities

Civic Participation

Developing leadership skills among immigrant and refugee communities is more important now than ever. Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, there has been a widely reported increase in the hostilities, violence and discrimination against immigrant...

Immigrant Leadership Training Curriculum

The central focus of the curriculum is to help immigrants develop and refine their leadership and advocacy skills, and to teach them how to help others apply for citizenship. Using interactive teaching techniques, the curriculum is designed to give...

Hardship in Immigration Law

This manual continues to be one of ILRC’s best-selling resources because it contains a unique combination of legal analysis and practice. This manual describes in detail the different standards applicable in hardship law, as well as the factors...

Defending Immigrants in the Ninth Circuit

Crimes

Criminal defense attorneys who represent noncitizens and immigration attorneys alike have long relied on ILRC’s expertise and resources in defense of noncitizens in criminal and immigration proceedings. This manual shows step-by-step how to identify...

A Guide for Immigration Advocates [Obsolete]

Completely updated in 2014. A Guide for Immigration Advocates is a practical and essential tool for beginning immigration attorneys, immigration law firms employing paralegals, BIA accredited representatives, and nonprofit community-based...

2013 Case Update for Defending Immigrants in the Ninth Circuit

Crimes

Now available and updated for 2013! The Case Update to the Defending Immigrants in the Ninth Circuit: Impact of Crimes under California and Other State Laws. The PDF provides the 2013 update only to the 10th Edition, and does not include the full...

In recent years, sanctuary policies have increasingly become a political, legal, and narrative battle between those who seek to protect the rights of immigrants and communities of color and those who oppose them. The federal government has built a massive infrastructure that exploits state and local resources in the name of detaining and deporting immigrants. In response, state legislatures and governors across the country have had a crucial choice: pass sanctuary policies to protect their residents, pass anti-immigrant policies that harm residents, or do nothing. Through all this, activists have strategized and rallied others to their cause, courts have upheld or struck down pieces of legislation, and millions of lives have been irrevocably impacted.