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Date Published: 12/16/2024
Detention & Bond: Defending Noncitizens in Immigration Custody will guide advocates through practical and technical considerations when representing detained noncitizen clients. This comprehensive guide provides a top to bottom overview of strategies when advocating for release throughout the...
Date Published: 10/03/2024
In this webinar, which builds on "Disrupting the Jail-to-Deportation Pipeline: Local Campaigns," you will learn how advocates and systems-impacted leaders in California have disrupted the jail-to-deportation pipeline in their communities through advocating for and defending their local sanctuary...
Date Published: 10/29/2024
The updated edition of FOIA Requests and Other Background Checks describes the various federal agencies and components that generally hold immigration records, explains how to request records and appeal denials or incomplete responses, and provides tips for certain circumstances, such as...
Date Published: 09/16/2024
In this webinar, we will cover the basics regarding immigration enforcement in California. Designed for those new to the fight against ICE, we will provide an overview of how ICE identifies, detains, and deports noncitizens, as well as an overview of existing state laws which limit law enforcement’...
Date Published: 07/31/2024
Level: All In this webinar, the ILRC is partnering with Cornell Law School’s Path2Papers, Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and The Dream.US to provide an overview and update on the Biden administration's recent changes to streamline nonimmigrant visa policies for DACA beneficiaries and...
Date Published: 08/01/2024
Every criminal defense lawyer who represents a non-U.S. citizen defendant has a specific legal duty to provide accurate advice about the immigration consequences of a plea. Cal. Penal Code § 1016.3(a). This training provides an overview of how to meet your legal and ethical duties for noncitizen...
Date Published: 12/11/2024
Level: Intermediate This webinar will provide an overview of the latest developments in asylum law and policies for practitioners who are already familiar with the fundamentals of asylum. The current legal framework of immigration law and policy continues to impede meaningful access to our asylum...
Date Published: 12/05/2024
Level: All "When can I get a work permit? Can I include my child who lives abroad in my asylum application? Can I include my partner? What happens after I am granted asylum?” In this webinar, we will discuss employment authorization eligibility, including the 180-day clock. We will also provide an...
Date Published: 11/20/2024
Level: Intermediate In order to be eligible for U nonimmigrant status, the petitioner has to show that they are a victim of a “qualifying criminal activity.” This webinar will cover what a “qualifying criminal activity” is and how these offenses match up with common experiences of survivors of...
Date Published: 11/14/2024
Level: All As of July 29, 2024, a new EOIR regulation governs how removal cases are processed in the immigration courts and at the BIA. The new rules codify administrative closure and case termination, restore important protections in motions to reopen and appeals, and address the impact of Matter...
Date Published: 10/31/2024
Level: All On April 1, 2024, USCIS released a new version of the Form N-400 Application for Naturalization. During this webinar, ILRC attorneys will provide an overview of how to complete the form, highlight changes from the previous form, and review “red flag” questions that require special...
Date Published: 10/22/2024
Level: All Who meets the threshold requirement of having been “inspected and admitted or paroled” for adjustment of status under INA 245(a)? Are there other avenues to adjust status if someone last entered without inspection? This webinar will focus on the adjustment of status process for...
Date Published: 10/17/2024
Level: All "Alien smuggling" can affect an immigrant in several different ways: it is a ground of inadmissibility, a ground of deportability, and a bar to good moral character. Screening for alien smuggling is important for clients in various steps in the immigration process - from consular...
Date Published: 10/16/2024
Level: Beginner This training will give an overview of T visa relief and cover the latest updates, including the April 2024 rule, which represents the most significant overhaul of T visa regulations since 2016. It is intended for practitioners who may be familiar with other humanitarian forms of...
Date Published: 10/16/2024
Level: Beginner This training will give an overview of T visa relief and cover the latest updates, including the April 2024 rule, which represents the most significant overhaul of T visa regulations since 2016. It is intended for practitioners who may be familiar with other humanitarian forms of...
Date Published: 10/10/2024
Level: Beginner The Immigration and Nationality Act states that any noncitizen in the United States may apply for asylum. However, the statute contains several bars to receiving asylum, including the one-year bar, the firm-resettlement bar, and the particularly serious crime bar. The bars can apply...
Date Published: 10/03/2024
Level: Intermediate In this webinar, we will review the eligibility requirements and process for special immigrant juvenile status (SIJS)-based adjustment of status. We will unpack how to determine if your client has a visa available to adjust status and review the special rules around...
Date Published: 09/24/2024
Level: All Trainers will describe the current standards of eligibility for a full fee waiver (I-912) of certain immigration benefits, as well as the reduced fee for certain applicants for naturalization. Fee exemptions now apply to many categories of humanitarian benefits, and these do not require...
Date Published: 09/12/2024
Level: All The parole authority is broad, and the government has exercised this parole power in different ways to address different groups of people—allowing some entry, some return, and some simply to remain in the United States. In this webinar, we will survey special parole programs and explore...
Date Published: 08/19/2024
Level: All Join us for this FREE late-breaking webinar where we break down the eligibility requirements and filing instructions for the new Parole in Place process for certain spouses of U.S. citizens, and their children, announced by the Biden administration on June 18, 2024. We will also address...
Date Published: 07/31/2024
Level: All In this webinar, the ILRC is partnering with Cornell Law School’s Path2Papers, Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and The Dream.US to provide an overview and update on the Biden administration's recent changes to streamline nonimmigrant visa policies for DACA beneficiaries and...
Date Published: 07/08/2024
Completely updated in 2024 . A Guide for Immigration Advocates is a practical and essential tool for immigration attorneys, immigration law firms employing paralegals, DOJ accredited representatives, and nonprofit community-based organizations. The Guide is unique among immigration law manuals...
Date Published: 03/15/2024
One thing that is abundantly clear—immigrants need representation in immigration court. Most immigrants face removal proceedings without an attorney or authorized representative, and the outcomes with and without a representative are grossly disparate. In this updated edition of Removal Defense:...
Date Published: 02/13/2024
This interactive webinar will discuss how defenders representing non-U.S. citizen youth in delinquency and related proceedings can screen clients and obtain SIJS certification for them from state court judges. We will review the whole procedure, discuss the effect of recent regulations, and...
Date Published: 02/13/2024
This interactive webinar will discuss how defenders representing non-U.S. citizen youth in delinquency and related proceedings can screen clients and obtain SIJS certification for them from state court judges. We will review the whole procedure, discuss the effect of recent regulations, and...
Date Published: 03/01/2024
*DATE CHANGE: Due to unforeseen scheduling conflicts, we have moved this webinar from February 29th to March 1st. We apologize for the inconvenience* Level: All On January 31, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services released a final fee rule that will go into effect April 1, 2024. This...
Date Published: 12/01/2023
In this Zoom workshop, we will discuss the various bases for filing a motion to reopen and grapple with strategy decisions that are often at play after the entry of a removal order. We will discuss when and how to file a motion to reopen after a removal order has been entered against a noncitizen...