Public Comments / Sign-on Letters

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.