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- (San Francisco, CA)--The Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) will continue to defend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program which has granted close to 1 million immigrant youth protection from deportation. The ILRC, along with our partners, will continue to fight US District Court Judge Andrew Hanen’s ruling today declaring DACA unlawful in a case brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and joined by 9 states. Today’s decision does not affect current recipients and their ability to renew their DACA cases but blocks the government from approving new applications for DACA from first-time applicants.
- (San Francisco, CA)—The Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) applauded today’s decision by Attorney General Merrick Garland to restore access to administrative closure in immigration courts nationwide, reversing a Trump era decision that had halted this longstanding practice.
- (Washington)—Today, during Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez’ Senate confirmation hearing for the ICE director position, the rest of the country got to see what Texans already knew: that Gonzalez has no plans to change immigration enforcement in the United States.
- (San Francisco, CA)—Congresswoman Sylvia R. Garcia, teen activist Crista Ramos, and the New American Campaign’s founding funders were honored at the 2021 Burton Awards for their work in the areas of policy, advocacy, and lawyering to significantly advance the civil rights of immigrants.
- (Austin, TX)—Greg Abbott has signaled that his mission as governor of Texas is to unleash as much harm as possible against immigrants, while ignoring the real needs of Texans.
- (San Francisco, CA)—The 9th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program marks the continued determination of the immigrant community battling against hateful and racist policies to win relief, but unfortunately highlights the continued danger faced by immigrant communities at the hands of the Biden Harris Administration’s enforcement and detention practices.