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

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...

State Map on Immigration Enforcement
This map represents the degree to which state policies limit or expand their involvement in immigration enforcement, based on an analysis of current state laws. It reflects litigation impacting state laws, as well as our own expertise in interpreting the effects of state and local laws and policies relating to immigration enforcement. The map shows which states have gone the furthest in passing legislation that protects their communities, which have taken some steps, which have done nothing, which have prevented their localities from taking protective measures, and which have actively passed laws to collude with ICE in ways that significantly harm their residents.

Blueprint for the Biden Administration: Update

Blueprint for the Biden Administration: Update

Join the ILRC’s Policy Director, Sameera Hafiz, and  ILRC Legal Program Director, Alison Kamhi, as we revisit the policy recommendations put forth in our Blueprint for the Biden Administration. What progress has been made in the last year? Where do we go from here? 

 Thank you to all of our donors and supporters who make the Immigration Issues Explored series possible. 

 

Thanks again for attending the ILRC donor conference call, Blueprint for the Biden Administration: One Year Update. We wanted to follow up in response to a few questions we received during the call for more information

    1. Naturalization: During the call, ILRC discussed advocacy with USCIS to increase access to disability waivers for green card holders applying to naturalize. USCIS proposed welcome changes to Form N-648, Medical Certification for Disability Exceptions, to simplify and streamline the process to make it easier for disabled green card holders to obtain citizenship, but these changes have not yet been implemented. Please see the following advocacy letter regarding the proposed revisions (Nov. 2021): https://www.ilrc.org/advocacy-comment-n-648-naturalization-disability.
    2. TPS: ILRC discussed the increased use of temporary protected status (TPS) as protection for vulnerable populations during the Biden Administration. We were pleased to see the announcement on March 16 that Afghanistan has been designated for TPS, which will help protect Afghan nationals in the United States from returning to unsafe conditions in Afghanistan: https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/secretary-mayorkas-designates-afghanistan-for-temporary-protected-status.
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