11/08/2019
The Trump Administration is Making it More Expensive to Apply for Citizenship DHS just announced a steep increase in the cost of applying for naturalization, a move that will harm hundreds of thousands of green card holders Washington, D.C. — A coalition of leading immigrant rights organizations has condemned the Trump Administration’s proposal to drastically increase the cost of applying for...
11/08/2019
On November 1, 2019 the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the automatic extension of employment authorization and other documentation for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders from El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan. Each of those TPS-designated countries was set to expire in 2020 but will now be automatically extended through January 4, 2021. This practice...
11/05/2019
This practice alert highlights the key take-aways from three recently adopted AAO decisions and some of the most important elements of the proposed regulations for advocates to challenge through comments, and contains an Appendix with case summaries of the AAO decisions.
10/31/2019
On October 25, 2019, Attorney General Barr issued a precedential opinion limiting when immigration authorities will give effect to a state court modification of an imposed sentence. See Matter of Thomas and Matter of Thompson , 27 I&N Dec. 674 (AG 2019), available at: https://www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/1213201/download (“ Matter of Thomas/Thompson ”) While advocates plan to challenge this...
10/30/2019
Lawsuit Challenges DHS Barriers Designed To Prevent Legal Immigrants From Becoming Citizens USCIS changes to naturalization fee waiver process forecloses citizenship for some low-income applicants Washington, DC — C hanges to a fee waiver process announced Oct. 25 by the Department of Homeland Security will create significant barriers to citizenship for tens of thousands of non-wealthy applicants...
10/24/2019
This timeline provides an overview of ICE’s contracts with the City of Adelanto and GEO Group for immigration detention services at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center and how those contracts have evolved over time.
10/24/2019
The Department of Homeland Security uses government contracts to acquire immigration detention services. This graphic explains the procurement process, or the competitive bidding process, that government agencies use to purchase services from private contractors and how DHS can use this process to enter into contracts with private prison corporations.
10/16/2019
For Immediate Release: October 16, 2019 Contact: Carolina Canizales | (210) 760- 7368) | ccanizales [at] ilrc.org Arianna Rosales | (415) 321-8511 | media [at] ilrc.org First Cite and Release Quarterly Report Suggests Citations Not Being Prioritized Coalition of 26 Local Advocacy Groups Demands Policies to Guide Officer Discretion SAN ANTONIO —Three months after San Antonio police adopted a new...
10/11/2019
For Immediate Release : October 11, 2019 Contact : Marie McIntosh, media [at] ilrc.org BREAKING: Historic New CA Law Bans Use of Inhumane For-Profit Prisons Sacramento, CA —Today, Governor Newsom signed AB 32 into law, which, by 2028 will eliminate the role for-profit companies play in the state’s carceral system, effectively banning private prisons statewide. The Immigrant Legal Resource Center...
10/11/2019
For Immediate Release October 11th, 2019 Contact : Jose Servin, California Immigrant Youth Justice Alliance, jservin [at] ciyja.org ( ) , 714-728-2520 Juan Prieto, California Immigrant Youth Justice Alliance, jprieto [at] ciyja.org , 510-414-0953 Marie McIntosh, Immigrant Legal Resource Center, media [at] ilrc.org Armando Carmona, Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice, armando [at] tznu.com (951...