Biden Administration Must Treat All Asylum Seekers at Border Equally

(Washington)—President Biden’s plan to extend Title 42 to Venezuelan migrants at the southern border and send them back to Mexico is racist and hateful. Title 42 is a manipulation of public health law used to create a complete closure of the southwest border during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The policy is based on the idea that immigrants coming to the United States present a threat to the health of communities in the United States.

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How to Defend Immigrants Charged with Drug Offenses, Including New Penal Code § 372.5
Crimes
Post-Conviction Relief
Prosecutors
Removal Defense
U Visa/T Visa/VAWA
Drug offenses cause the harshest, most disproportionate immigration penalties of any offense. Criminal defenders and immigration advocates need information to work aggressively to defend immigrant clients. This advisory provides strategies to avoid a drug conviction, including how and when to use Penal Code § 372.5 (2023), along with practice tips, resources, and arguments to support negotiating for an immigration neutral plea or disposition in criminal court.
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Policy Platform for Immigration Justice
Community Resources
Policy Advocacy
In ILRC’s A Platform for Immigrant Justice: Executive Action the Biden Administration Must Enact we outline bold, urgent and necessary policy solutions the Biden administration must enact to ensure immigration benefits are more equitable and accessible and that the work of dismantling the oppressive systems of enforcement, detention and surveillance begins.

Parole in Immigration Law

DACA
Family-Based
U Visa/T Visa/VAWA

The Immigrant Legal Resource Center created the first comprehensive manual about parole in immigration law in 2016 to provide practitioners with a one-stop guide to the legal requirements of all the different types of parole, practice pointers about...

DACA Updates & Strategies

DACA

This webinar, geared toward practitioners and advocates, will focus on the recent changes to DACA, including a breakdown on the impact the rule and litigation has had to the access of DACA, an in-depth look at advance parole for DACA recipients, and...

Newsletters & Annual Reports

The ILRC's newsletter, The Immigrant Advocate, is published bi-annually. Each edition of The Immigrant Advocate features articles about ILRC’s current work in advancing immigrant rights. ILRC’s Annual Report provides an overview of our previous year and includes our financial position and highlights of the year’s focus.

Temporary Protected Status

Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is an important form of humanitarian relief for people from certain designated countries that have experienced armed conflict, natural disaster, or others conditions that prevent nationals from returning safely. Currently, there are approximately 400,000 people from 12 countries with TPS status, which provides the right to live and work lawfully in the United States but no permanent status. 

ILRC develops TPS resources and materials to keep legal advocates and community members updated about TPS designations and application processes as well opportunities for TPS recipients to pursue more permanent forms of status. This area of immigration law changes frequently, so please visit this page for regular updates as well as the USCIS TPS page: https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status.

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