Public Comments / Sign-on Letters

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.

Letter from 200+ National, State, and Local non-profit organizations opposing the Trump Mass Deportation Act (The Michael Davis, Jr. and Danny Oliver in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act, H.R. 2431).

Letter from 292 law professors and scholars in the areas of immigration, migration, constitutional, administrative, and international law to President Trump stating that section 9(a) of Executive Order 13768, which directs the federal government to terminate federal funding for so called "sanctuary" jurisdictions, is unconstitutional.

Letter from 850+ national, state, and local non-profit organizations to President-elect Trump requesting that he continue Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) in light of the public safety, economic, and humanitarian benefits.

Letter from 380 national, state, and local non-profit organizations to President Obama requesting that he expand Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala and provide relief from deportation to 1.2 million undocumented immigrants.

Letter from 102 law professors and scholars in the areas of immigration, migration, administrative, and international law to President Obama outlining the legal authority for the use of Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala to provide relief from deportation to 1.2 million undocumented immigrants.

In October 2015, various community groups, including the ILRC, submitted a letter to the Monterey Board of Supervisors urging them to intervene in the Sheriff’s cooperation with ICE. Please see this letter as a sample for your community advocacy efforts.

This letter from national immigrant rights organizations describes the legal and policy problems with the Priority Enforcement Program (PEP), immigration detainers, and other entanglement with local law enforcement.