Public Charge: Community Messages
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (August 14, 2019)
This resource contains core messages you can share with community members to help combat the chilling effect this rule may have.
Early Learning Specialist/Home Visitor Procedures – If ICE Knocks on the Door During a Home Visit
Parent Child Plus (August 2019)
This resource provides know-your-rights information and guidance on procedures for home visitors and other professionals for situations in which ICE comes to a family’s home during a home visit.
Practice Update: Issuance of Notices to Appear (NTAs) in Denied Humanitarian-Based Immigration Cases
Practice Update: Issuance of Notices to Appear (NTAs) in Denied Humanitarian-Based Immigration Cases
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (June 21, 2019)
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.
Helping Immigrant Clients with Post-Conviction Legal Options: A Guide for Legal Services Providers
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (June 14, 2019)
This guide, created by the ILRC and Californians for Safety and Justice, is an effort to turn these “rare cases” into the rule, rather than the exception, by helping to build the capacity of legal service providers and pro bono attorneys to provide post-conviction relief to immigrants who would face certain deportation without it.
Practice Advisory: Immigration Benefits for Surviving Relatives
Peggy Gleason, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (May 2019)
This practice advisory covers three possible immigration remedies that beneficiaries might be able to pursue if a family member dies during the immigration process.
Supporting All Families: Financing Streams to Support Prevention Programs
Center for the Study of Social Policy (May 2019)
The fact sheet and infographic depicts the different kinds of programs and resources available to children and families including those that are directed at mitigating risk and preventing the need for foster care.
Chaos, Confusion, And Danger: The Remain In Mexico Program In El Paso
Women’s Refugee Commission (May 16, 2019)
This report highlights a trip to El Paso by the Women’s Refugee Commission and the Remain in Mexico policy and offers recommendations.
Practice Advisory: Asylum Seekers Stranded in Mexico Because of the Trump Administration’s Restrictive Policies: Firm Resettlement Considerations
Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (April 24, 2019)
This practice advisory takes practitioners through firm resettlement considerations and potential arguments. It also provides discussion around exceptions to the firm resettlement bar and reviews known facts about the legal status of U.S. asylum seekers who are forced to remain in Mexico.
How Early Childhood Providers Can Create “Safe Space” Policies
Rebecca Ullrich, CLASP (April 2019)
CLASP has released a guide to creating “safe space” policies for early childhood programs. Safe-space policies safeguard programs against immigration enforcement actions and protect families’ safety and privacy. In this guide, advocates, providers, and policymakers will find information about developing and implementing safe-space policies, sample policy text that can be adapted by individual early childhood programs, and a list of key resources for providers and parents.
Webinar: Current Issues Impacting TPS and DED Clients
Catholic Legal Immigration Network (March 22, 2019)
This webinar reviews recent developments that affect TPS and DED clients, including litigation challenges, advocacy efforts, and best practice recommendations.
