Public Comments / Sign-on Letters

On June 5, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a third notice regarding its plans to dramatically change fee waiver eligibility and process. The June 5 notice attempts to provide additional justification for its plan to eliminate means-tested benefits as a basis for requesting a fee waiver, among other changes, following April 5...

This comment period has closed. Click here respond to the latest notice of proposed fee waiver rule change. On April 5, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a proposed change to fee waiver eligibility and process. The April 5 notice announces USCIS’ intention to proceed with a plan, previously published on September 28, 2018 , to...

On August 8, 2019 the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) posted a second opportunity for notice and comment on the new USCIS Tip Form to collect information from the public regarding purported immigration fraud. The publication of this form signals another dangerous and insidious shift in USCIS’s transformation from an agency serving immigrants and...

The ILRC strongly opposes the proposed changes to the public charge rule published in the Federal Register on October 10, 2018. You can read our comments to the regulations here.

On October 10, 2018, DHS issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to drastically change how the agency adjudicates the public charge ground of inadmissibility. The proposal would include the use Medicaid, subsidized housing (including Section 8), and SNAP (Food Stamps) to the types of benefits that count against an intending immigrant in the public charge determination. In addition, the proposed...

This comment period has closed. Click here respond to the latest notice of proposed fee waiver rule change. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is attempting to transform the fee waiver application process by making it more difficult for individuals to obtain fee waivers when seeking immigration relief. On September 28, 2018, it issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to drastically change...

This statement from a coalition of immigrant rights organizations urges members of Congress to vote no on the FIRST STEP Act of 2018 (H.R. 5682). This bill excludes a wide swatch of immigrants, further criminalizes aspects of migration, and fails to address root systemic causes of incarceration nor advance any meaningful criminal justice reform.

Letter from 500+ national, state, and local organizations requesting that the Dream Act of 2017 sponsors adopt more flexible requirements in regards to expungements and misdemeanors.

Letter from 300+ national, state, and local non-profit organizations to the U.S. Senate opposing Lee Francis Cissna's nomination for director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and asking senators to "hold" his nomination.

Letter from 400+ national, state, and local non-profit organizations opposing H.R. 3003, the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act, and H.R. 3004, Kate's Law.