03/29/2018
Countering Trump's Nativist Narrative About Immigrant Youth: This document, co-authored by the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC), offers counter-narratives to the messages about immigrant youth of color promoted by the Trump Administration. The Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act: A Distraction from Real Solutions to Address Gang Violence in the U.S.: This one page resource, created in...
03/29/2018
In October 2017, the Department of Defense issued new policies that impact lawful permanent residents and other non-U.S. citizens in the military. This practice advisory discusses how these policies affect those who seek to enlist, and those who currently serve in the military, including in the Reserve Components. This practice advisory was jointly authored by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center...
03/28/2018
For Immediate Release: March 27, 2018 Contact: Jareyah Bradley, jareyah [at] balestramedia.com , (908) 242-4822 Today, the Trump Administration made the decision to terminate Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for Liberia. There are currently approximately 4,000 Liberians with DED living and working in the U.S. who will be affected by this decision, most of whom have been here for decades. Like...
03/14/2018
For Immediate Release: March 14, 2018 Contact: Diop Harris at (269) 209-7733 or press [at] americasvoice.org ILRC Contact: Jareyah Bradley, jareyah [at] balestramedia.com , (908) 242-4822 Texas Immigrants, Advocates, Legal Experts Outline Steps Forward after Fifth Circuit Court Ruling on Anti-Immigrant Law SB4 Austin, TX – The United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals released its ruling on...
03/08/2018
For Immediate Release: March 8, 2018 Contact: Kemi Bello, kbello [at] ilrc.org | (415) 321-8568 Dignity Not Detention Coalition: Justice Department Lawsuit Signals Blatant Disregard for the Human Rights of Immigrants in Detention With its passage in 2017, AB 103 broke new ground by creating the first state-mandate, state-funded oversight mechanism in the nation to protect immigrants from...
03/07/2018
Training Coordinator – San Francisco, CA The Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) is seeking a full-time Training Coordinator based in our San Francisco office. This is a non-exempt position that reports to the Marketing Manager. The ILRC is a national nonprofit legal support center located in San Francisco, California and Washington D.C. The mission of the ILRC is to work with, educate, and...
03/07/2018
This guide provides California employers with guidance in the event of ICE workplace enforcement including a brief introduction to immigration enforcement, a review of rights and best practices if ICE comes to the workplace for both employers and employees, and a list of additional resources.
03/06/2018
For Immediate Release: March 6, 2018 Contact: Jareyah Bradley, jareyah [at] balestramedia.com , (908) 242-4822 Lawsuit Filed against California for Its Sanctuary Policy Is Affront to Residents, Says Immigrant Legal Resource Center The Justice Department is suing California, Governor Jerry Brown, and the state’s attorney general, Xavier Becerra, over three state laws passed in recent months to...
03/06/2018
For Immediate Release: March 6, 2018 Contact: Jareyah Bradley, jareyah [at] balestramedia.com , (908) 242-4822 Available for Comment: California Immigration Experts on Tomorrow’s “Major” Sanctuary Policy Announcement by Attorney General Sessions Immigrant Legal Resource Center Able to Discuss Support for Sanctuary Cities, Impact on Communities According to a Department of Justice news release,...
03/05/2018
Immigration law has its own definition of what constitutes a criminal "conviction." Because most, although not all, immigration consequences require a conviction, if your client does not have a conviction the immigration case might be saved. This Advisory discusses which dispositions that come out of criminal court actually constitute a conviction for immigration purposes, and how to avoid a...