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Immigrant Legal Resource Center Practice advisory Apr 17, 2025

Who Has Initial Jurisdiction Over UC Asylum Claims? Matter of M-A-C-O- and JOP v. DHS

The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 confers initial jurisdiction over asylum claims filed by unaccompanied children (UCs) to the asylum office. The Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision in Matter of M-A-C-O- , along with policy changes implemented during the first Trump administration, sought to strip away this crucial protection from many child asylum seekers. Because of these changes and legal challenges by immigrant youth advocates, the current landscape of initial

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Immigrant Legal Resource Center Practice advisory Apr 3, 2025

Quick Guide: Defending SIJS Clients in Removal Proceedings

This practice advisory, authored with our partners at the End SIJS Backlog Coalition, Children's Immigration Law Academy, National Immigration Project, and Safe Passage Project, offers strategies at every stage of an SIJS client’s removal proceedings to advocate against the client’s removal and to preserve the record for appeal, including:

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National Immigration Project Practice advisory Apr 2, 2025

Quick Guide: Defending SIJS Clients in Removal Proceedings

This practice advisory, created by The End SIJS Backlog Coalition, is intended to help practitioners navigate removal proceedings for clients with pending or approved SIJS. It offers strategies at every stage of an SIJS client’s removal proceedings to advocate against the client’s removal and to preserve the record for appeal. Section II covers strategies for pleading to the Notice to Appear. Section III discusses challenging the Department of Homeland Security’s evidence of removability. Sectio

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ASISTA Practice advisory Mar 3, 2025

Practice Alert: New ICE Guidance on Current or Potential Victim-Based Benefits (Updated March 3, 2025)

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ASISTA Practice advisory Mar 1, 2025

Practice Alert: Successful Arguments in Federal District Court For Expansive Analysis of U Visa Qualifying Criminal Activity (March 2025)

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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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Immigrant Legal Resource Center Practice advisory Feb 5, 2025

Seeking Administrative Closure and Termination: Using New EOIR Regulations in a Hostile Enforcement Environment

New EOIR regulations published in 2024 now allow immigration judges and the BIA to administratively close or terminate removal proceedings in a variety of scenarios. These regulations permit—and sometimes require—administrative closure or termination even where the Department of Homeland Security does not agree. In the current hostile enforcement environment, and in light of the rescission of formal guidance regarding prosecutorial discretion, these regulations are an important tool for advocate

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