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Immigrant Legal Resource Center Practice advisory Dec 19, 2025

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: What Practitioners Need to Know

The fate of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) continues to be uncertain, due to the ongoing litigation and the increase in anti-immigrant policies being implemented each day by the Trump Administration. With the increase of attacks on immigrants including DACA holders and the uncertainty of the future of the benefit, it is crucial that DACA advocates stay informed of ongoing DACA trends and policy announcements that are impacting DACA holders. Moreover, it is important that advocates

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National Immigration Project Template motion Dec 2, 2025

Fifteen Steps for Addressing Orders of Removal Issued by an Immigration Judge

Motions to reopen are extremely important for people with final removal orders. Final orders of removal render people vulnerable to detention and immediate removal from the United States. However, a successful motion to reopen places the person back in active removal proceedings before an immigration judge where they can pursue immigration relief, provides additional arguments for release from detention, and prevents their immediate removal. This practical resource provides fifteen concrete step

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National Immigration Project Practice advisory Oct 20, 2025

Practice Advisory: Options for Relief Under Asylum Law for LGBTQ Applicants

The National Immigration Project has partnered with CLINIC and Ready to Stay to update a previously-issued CLINIC practice advisory on LGBTQ asylum and related protection claims. This updated advisory discusses new LGBTQ precedent, and also addresses application of the Circumvention of Lawful Pathways rule in this context. The resource also includes a sample brief, sample country conditions table of contents, and sample CLP briefing in its appendices.

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National Immigration Project Practice advisory Oct 3, 2025

Practice Alert: Guidance on CHIRLA v. Noem Order (Expedited Removal)

On September 12, 2025, the D.C. Circuit denied the government’s motion for a stay pending appeal, dissolved its temporary, partial administrative stay, and fully restored the district court’s August 1 order in CHIRLA v. Noem , a lawsuit challenging Trump 2.0 government directives applying expedited removal to paroled individuals. The August 1 order, which is now fully in effect, stays policies that allowed DHS to put individuals who were previously paroled into the United States at a port of ent

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Immigrant Legal Resource Center Practice advisory Aug 14, 2025

Risk Assessment for Naturalization Applicants

For many noncitizens, naturalization is the best defense against deportation from the United States. Indeed, USCIS lacks the authority to detain or deport a U.S. citizen. However, applying for naturalization can be risky for some individuals because it can instigate immigration enforcement. This concern has increased following President Trump’s February 28, 2025 NTA Memo. The ILRC, NIPNLG, CLINIC, and the Ready to Stay collaborative wrote a practice advisory summarizing the most common reasons w

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National Immigration Project Practice advisory Jul 25, 2025

Fighting for a Day in Court: Understanding and Responding to Pretermission of Asylum Applications

Immigration Judges have increasingly begun to pretermit asylum applications--often ordering asylum seekers removed without ever having a chance to have a hearing on their claims. This Practice Advisory (PA) discusses a recent Policy Memo by the Executive Office for Immigration Review Acting Director and a recent Board of Immigration Appeals decision, which have prompted judges to pretermit cases. The PA also contains practical tips on how to fight this practice.

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Immigrant Legal Resource Center Template motion Jul 1, 2025

Responding to DHS Motions to Recalendar

In recent months, the Department of Homeland Security has begun filing thousands of motions to recalendar administratively closed proceedings. This trend is raising questions about how attorneys and accredited representatives can respond to these motions and protect their clients’ interests, particularly in cases that have been administratively closed for many years. This advisory explores those questions and offers strategy considerations when determining how to proceed in each case.

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Immigrant Legal Resource Center Practice advisory Jun 25, 2025

Reopening Removal Proceedings Based on the Ineffective Assistance of Prior Counsel

This practice advisory focuses on motions to reopen based on ineffective assistance of prior counsel. It reviews the basic requirements of motions to reopen and then dives into the specific procedural and substantive requirements of motions to reopen based on the ineffective assistance of prior counsel. It discusses the time and numerical limitations on motions to reopen and how to use the doctrine of equitable tolling to overcome these limitations. It also covers what documents should accompany

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National Immigrant Justice Center Template motion Jun 18, 2025

Bond Motion (Sample)

Call and message your members of Congress telling them to oppose any effort to give ICE and Border Patrol more funding.

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National Immigration Project Practice advisory May 30, 2025

Practice Advisory: Considerations in Asylum Claims for Transgender People

The National Immigration Project has partnered with Immigration Equality, Oasis Legal Services, the National Immigrant Justice Center, and Ready to Stay to create a practice advisory on framing transgender asylum claims in light of the administration’s attack on transgender individuals. In addition to the practice advisory, the National Immigration Project, Immigration Equality, and Ready to Stay have created a Template Legal Brief for transgender asylum applicants. National Immigration Project

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National Immigration Project Template motion Feb 28, 2025

Template Opposition to DHS Motion to Dismiss to Pursue Expedited Removal

On January 21, 2025, the Trump administration expanded the scope of expedited removal to its statutory maximum, to include certain noncitizens not admitted or paroled who cannot prove they have been continuously present in the United States for at least two years. DHS, Designating Aliens for Expedited Removal, 90 Fed. Reg. 8139 (Jan. 24, 2025). Several days later, DHS issued a memo directing DHS attorneys to consider moving to terminate ongoing removal proceedings in order to pursue expedited re

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