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This practice advisory provides an overview of ways to advocate with USCIS and DHS components for solutions to individual case problems and systemic issues.
In anticipation of widespread raids in July 2019, the American Immigration Council has prepared template materials to assist attorneys representing individuals with final removal orders issued by the Executive Office for Immigration Review. ¹ Materials include templates of: (1) a general skeletal motion to reopen a removal order and motion to stay removal for filing with the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) or immigration court (for pro se and represented cases); (2) a skeletal motion to resci
Practice Advisory: Constitutional Challenges to Mandatory Immigration Detention After Nielsen v. Preap (July 2019) | American Civil Liberties Union Skip navigation document Practice Advisory: Constitutional Challenges to Mandatory Immigration Detention After Nielsen v. Preap (July 2019) Document Date: July 9, 2019 Download document Download document Skip to PDF content Related Issues Immigrants' Rights Immigrants' Rights and Detention
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Over the last month, some practitioners have reported that USCIS has issued a number of NTAs in connection with denied U and T visa applications. Given these reports, ILRC, ASISTA, CAST, Freedom Network USA, American Association of Immigration Lawyers (AILA), and Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles created a practice update to address some of the actions practitioners can take in individual cases as well as to support policy-level advocacy efforts.
Call and message your members of Congress telling them to oppose any effort to give ICE and Border Patrol more funding.
Call and message your members of Congress telling them to oppose any effort to give ICE and Border Patrol more funding.
Call and message your members of Congress telling them to oppose any effort to give ICE and Border Patrol more funding.
Call and message your members of Congress telling them to oppose any effort to give ICE and Border Patrol more funding.
Call and message your members of Congress telling them to oppose any effort to give ICE and Border Patrol more funding.
Call and message your members of Congress telling them to oppose any effort to give ICE and Border Patrol more funding.
This practice alert provides a brief overview of some of the main changes practitioners can expect with the proposed change to fee waiver eligibility and process, most significantly by eliminating receipt of means-tested benefits as a basis for requesting a fee waiver. Given that these significant changes to the fee waiver process will make it more difficult and time-intensive to establish inability to pay an immigration filing fee, we urge practitioners to advise clients who are eligible for a