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Date Published: 03/29/2023
Level: All In this webinar, we will discuss recent updates to Temporary Protected Status (TPS) practice and policies including the new TPS travel procedures.
Date Published: 03/22/2023
Level: Beginner / Intermediate In this webinar, attendees will receive a comprehensive, top-level review of how to analyze an immigration case when criminal history is present. We will provide a top-level overview of the grounds of inadmissibility, grounds of deportability, aggravated felonies,...
Date Published: 03/15/2023
Level: Intermediate This intermediate webinar will review the nuts & bolts of preparing and filing a family-based immigrant visa consular processing case, as well as cover third country processing, troubleshooting issues with communicating with the NVC and/or consular post, potential red flags...
Date Published: 03/14/2023
Level: Intermediate Eligibility for special immigrant juvenile status (SIJS) requires the involvement of a state juvenile court. This webinar will go over what needs to be included in a successful SIJS state court predicate order, looking at guidance contained in the USCIS Policy Manual and the new...
Date Published: 02/28/2023
Level: Beginner With the future of DACA in jeopardy and the uncertainty of TPS for certain countries, many community members who fear losing their employment authorization and those who never had a work permit need information and screening for other immigration options. This webinar will focus on...
Date Published: 03/28/2023
Level: All This webinar is intended for practitioners who want to learn about new developments in protections for immigrant workers, specifically deferred action granted by USCIS. We will discuss who might be eligible and best practices on screening clients to determine if they are involved in a...
Date Published: 02/02/2023
Level: All Following the December 23, 2022 effective date of the Biden administration’s new final rule on public charge, this webinar covers the new rule, new questions on public charge added to the I-485, updated Policy Manual guidance, and how to advise clients and their families on the use of...
Date Published: 02/01/2023
Level: All This webinar, geared toward practitioners and advocates, will focus on the recent changes to DACA, including a breakdown on the impact the rule and litigation has had to the access of DACA, an in-depth look at advance parole for DACA recipients, and updates on advocacy efforts, and how...
Date Published: 01/05/2023
Federal Rulemaking is one of the most direct ways that the public can participate and shape policies and practices of executive agencies. Federal regulations govern the executive agencies charged with enforcing the United States’ immigration laws and granting immigration benefits to eligible...
Date Published: 01/05/2023
Drug offenses cause the harshest, most disproportionate immigration penalties of any offense. Criminal defenders and immigration advocates need information to work aggressively to defend immigrant clients. This advisory provides strategies to avoid a drug conviction, including how and when to use...
Date Published: 01/04/2023
There have been many positive developments during the first two years of the Biden administration to undo previous efforts to transform the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) into an enforcement agency. However, there is still more work to do and many ways the Biden...
Date Published: 12/17/2021
Each year, the ILRC distributes thousands of copies of our 23 manuals and provides legal assistance on more than 8,000 issues to pro bono and nonprofit advocates, as well as public defenders, through our national Attorney of the Day service. In any given year, our staff attorneys conduct hundreds...
Date Published: 12/19/2022
The Central American Minors program (CAM) is a hybrid refugee and parole program. It benefits minors in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras who have a parent or legal guardian living in the United States under certain forms of immigration status. The program was first introduced in 2014, but was...
Date Published: 12/19/2022
In this issue: Fighting against Operation Lone Star, New Americans Campaign Update, and highlights from the 2022 Burton Awards and more!
Date Published: 12/15/2022
In September 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1766 – CA IDs For All – which expands standard CA ID eligibility to all Californians, regardless of immigration status. In this downloadable guide, we walk through this new law’s implications, the opportunities for immigrants living in...
Date Published: 12/15/2022
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is available to individuals from certain countries designated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) who cannot return to their home countries due to natural disaster, armed conflict, or other conditions that make it unsafe. This overview guide shares key...
Date Published: 12/15/2022
The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) has created opportunities for individuals to get protection from deportation, among other benefits, if they have suffered abuse from a spouse or certain family members. This brief overview walks through the immigration eligibility and benefits involved with...
Date Published: 12/13/2022
This advisory contains general information shared by USCIS staff during the September 2022 stakeholder event. It contains notes compiled by the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) VAWA, U, and T National Committee and reflects USCIS responses to questions posed by the committee and...
Date Published: 12/09/2022
This practice advisory reviews the updates and changes made by USCIS in 2022 to VAWA policy and process related to self-petitioners, and includes related practice tips .
Date Published: 11/29/2022
This fact sheet describes new Cal. Penal Code 372.5 ( AB 2195 ). As of January 1, 2023, a California defendant who is charged with any of several drug offenses, from infractions to felonies, can ask for the drug charge/s to be dismissed and instead to plead guilty to being a “public nuisance” (...
Date Published: 11/22/2022
On October 19, 2022, USCIS published major revisions to their Policy Manual on the English and/or Civics disability waiver for naturalization applicants. Overall, these changes were a welcome improvement in access to the disability waiver. However, we opposed the sections in the revised Policy...
Date Published: 11/18/2022
Texas-based attorneys Priscilla Olivarez and Jennefer Canales-Pelaez submitted these comments to the Texas Senate Border Committee. The committee heard testimony on Nov. 15, 2022 on whether to fund Operation Lone Star in the future and the role of the state's Department of Public Safety.
Date Published: 11/22/2022
The Immigrant Legal Resource Center continues to write and publish the most accessible and comprehensive guide on citizenship and naturalization in the country. This indispensable guide thoroughly addresses the entire process of representing a naturalization applicant from the initial client...
Date Published: 11/03/2022
This Alert describes recent changes to the naturalization disability waiver. On October 19, 2022, USCIS announced major revisions to the Form N-648, which is used by naturalization applicants who seek a waiver of the English and/or civics requirement based on a disability or impairment that causes...
Date Published: 11/02/2022
Survivors of human trafficking and of domestic or sexual violence often are charged and convicted of offenses that arose as a direct result of their exploitation. For noncitizens, the criminal record can cause deportation or destroy their eligibility for humanitarian visas. In the last five years,...
Date Published: 10/26/2022
ILRC wrote a letter to USCIS to commend the agency on the October 19, 2022 USCIS announcement of major revisions to the Form N-648, Medical Certification for Disability Exceptions. This form is used by naturalization applicants who are seeking a waiver of the English and/or civics requirement based...
Date Published: 10/10/2022
On October 5, 2022, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in the Texas v United States case. In their decision, the Fifth Circuit agreed with Texas and found that the DACA policy is unlawful but sent the case back to the Southern District of Texas to consider the recently issued...
Date Published: 10/06/2022
Sample questions about the sheriff’s policy positions on working with ICE that advocates or community members can use at candidate forums or other meetings. For more background information about sheriffs and their role in the deportation pipeline, see: https://www.ilrc.org/role-sheriffs-and-arrest-...
Date Published: 09/29/2022
ICE has built and expanded a massive infrastructure of immigration jails, surveillance programs, and enforcement agents. The current enforcement-centered response to migration, supported by ever-increasing Congressional appropriations, has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deportations each year...
Date Published: 09/29/2022
Consular processing is one of ways an individual can obtain lawful permanent residence. This process is often confusing and daunting to individuals who do not regularly work on these types of cases since the process is completed with a U.S. consulate abroad and involves interaction with several...