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Immigrant Legal Resource Center Practice advisory Oct 15, 2024

Prosecutorial Discretion in Removal Proceedings Part 1: Strategies for Seeking Prosecutorial Discretion During Uncertain Times

Part 1 of this 2-part advisory provides updates on DHS’s prosecutorial discretion in removal proceedings and explores the various factors that advocates should consider when deciding whether to seek a favorable exercise of discretion from the ICE Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA). Part 1 also highlights new regulations and discusses how the upcoming presidential election may impact prosecutorial discretion.

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Immigrant Legal Resource Center Practice advisory Oct 15, 2024

Prosecutorial Discretion in Removal Proceedings Part 2: Navigating Unfavorable Exercises of Discretion in Removal Proceedings

Part 2 of this 2-part advisory explores some of the unexpected consequences of PD policies adopted by the ICE Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA) that can prejudice noncitizens in removal proceedings, including the practice of moving to dismiss proceedings over respondents’ objections and failing to appear at hearings.

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Immigrant Legal Resource Center Practice advisory Sep 26, 2024

Documents for Parole in Place under Keeping Families Together

This advisory describes supporting documentation for the Parole in Place program under Keeping Families Together. The adjudications for this program are currently on pause due to litigation. Persons hoping to apply should the program resume may gather and prepare supporting documents in advance.

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National Immigration Project Practice advisory Sep 17, 2024

Supreme Court Roundup: What Immigrants’ Rights Legal Representatives Should Know from the October 2023 Supreme Court Term

This roundup summarizes cases from the Supreme Court’s October 2023 term (through June 2024) that are potentially relevant to lawyers representing noncitizens, be it in immigration matters, criminal defense, or civil litigation under the Administrative Procedure Act or the U.S. Constitution.

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National Immigration Project Practice manual Sep 4, 2024

Practice Manual: Labor-Based Deferred Action

On January 13, 2023, the Department of Homeland Security announced “a streamlined and expedited deferred action request process” for non-citizen workers who experience or witness labor rights violations. This Practice Manual, updated in September 2024, is intended for immigration practitioners representing workers applying for Labor-Based Deferred Action.

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National Immigration Project Practice advisory Jul 31, 2024

Practice Alert: CARECEN Agreement Sunsets on January 19, 2025

Since 2022, the CARECEN settlement agreement has provided important benefits to certain Temporary Protected Status (TPS) recipients with prior removal orders who are eligible for adjustment of status. The CARECEN agreement sunsets on January 19, 2025. This practice alert first describes who can benefit from the agreement, then explains the importance of acting soon to ensure eligible clients access the agreement before it expires, and finally asks practitioners to share their experiences with th

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National Immigration Project Practice advisory Jul 30, 2024

Seeking Release of Clients Detained in Virginia Who Have Won Fear-Based Relief Under Rodriguez Guerra v. Perry (E.D. Va.) Settlement

The National Immigration Project, Amica Center (formerly CAIR Coalition), and the ACLU of Virginia sued the Washington Field Office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on behalf of nine individuals whom ICE arbitrarily detained for months after they won immigration relief protecting them from deportation to their countries of origin where they face persecution, torture, or death. The case, Rodriguez Guerrera v. Perry , No. 1:23-cv-1151 (E.D. Va.), was brought in the U.S. District Court

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National Immigration Project Practice advisory Jul 29, 2024

Strategies and Considerations in the Wake of Niz-Chavez v. Garland

This practice advisory discusses the Supreme Court’s decisions in Niz-Chavez , Pereira and Campos-Chaves , and provides strategies for practitioners to consider in cases where the client’s NTA was defective. As this area of the law continues to develop, practitioners should use this practice advisory as a starting point but engage in their own research into the state of the law. Updated on July 29, 2024.

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ASISTA Practice advisory Jul 1, 2024

ASISTA Practice Alert: Parole in Place and Streamlined Employment-Based Visas: What We Know and What We Want to See for Immigrant Survivors (July 2024)

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NIWAP Library Amicus brief Jun 15, 2024

he Federal District Court granted Ms. Soto Alvarado’s Motion

In a case brought in Federal District Court in Rhode Island an abused spouse whose VAWA self-petition had been approved challenged USCIS’s revocation of her approved petition. The self-petitioner was divorced from her abuser and remarried after filing the self-petition but before the self-petition had been approved. The court’s ruling allows the self-petitioner to fully litigate her challenge the USCIS’s revocation of her self-petition due to remarriage in Federal District Court. The court’s rul

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National Immigration Project Practice advisory Jun 13, 2024

Practice Advisory: Representing Immigrant Clients Affected by the Racial Bias of the Criminal Legal System: Mitigating the Effect of Past Racial Bias When Seeking Discretionary Relief and Bond

This practice advisory, along with the accompanying report, Bias in the Criminal Legal System: A Report Aggregating Social Science Research and Reporting on Racial Bias in the Criminal Legal System, and template brief , provides a framework for you to make legal arguments and introduce evidence during your client’s immigration court proceedings if they are seeking discretionary relief or requesting bond. You can use this advisory and the accompanying report to argue that the immigration judge sh

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National Immigration Project Practice advisory Jun 11, 2024

Practice Alert: EOIR Final Rule on Administrative Closure and Termination

On July 29, 2024, an important new Executive Office for Immigration Review final rule, Efficient Case and Docket Management in Immigration Proceedings, goes into effect. Among other things, the rule codifies the authority of immigration judges and the Board of Immigration Appeals to administratively close and terminate removal proceedings. This practice alert describes this rule’s origins and summarizes its key provisions.

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