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An Affiliate of the Justice For Our Neighbors Network
Advocacy | August 7, 2020
On the day of the Supreme Court decision on DACA, I sat on my couch staring at my computer waiting to see what was posted on the SCOTUS page. I had sat down and stared at my computer every week for the last months, and nothing would happen until June 18, 2020. I saw the … Continue reading "DACA Recipients Are Americans, One DREAMER’s Story"
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Advocacy | August 6, 2020
On Thursday, August 6, ILC Policy Staff Attorney Alexis Steele testified in front of the Nebraska Unicameral’s Business and Labor Committee in support of LB 667 which will provide protections for meat packing workers, many of whom are immigrants. Read her testimony below or click here to see the full letter with references. My … Continue reading "Testimony in Support of LB 667 and Protections for Meat Packing Workers"
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Advocacy | June 25, 2020
Dear Friends, Immigrant Legal Center’s mission is welcoming immigrants into communities with high-quality legal services, education, and advocacy. We are committed to welcoming and inclusivity work, intentionally striving for a world where Black lives matter, no person is illegal, and no human being is superior to another. Right now, our country is having a long … Continue reading "Racism and the US Immigration System"
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Advocacy News | June 18, 2020
On June 18, 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States held 5-4 that the decision by the DHS to terminate DACA was reviewable in federal court and also “arbitrary and capricious” under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). On the merits, the Court reasoned that the “agency must defend its actions based on the reasons … Continue reading "Supreme Court DACA Decision"
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Advocacy | June 17, 2020
We are excited to share our new Immigrant Legal Center store on @bonfire! Tell the world that #ImmigrantsAreEssential with one of our shirts, mugs or totes! All proceeds benefit Immigrant Legal Center and our work serving immigrant families in our community.
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Advocacy News | May 18, 2020
From National Justice for our Neighbors. Iowa JFON and Immigrant Legal Center—our JFON site in Nebraska—press their states to protect the health and safety of meatpacking workers, their families, and communities. In early April of this year, it suddenly became apparent that the nation’s meat-processing plants—designed for ultimate efficiency and productivity—were the ideal breeding grounds for the … Continue reading "“Essential” does not equal “Expendable”"
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Advocacy | May 1, 2020
Nebraska communities need critical missing COVID-19 protections for meat and poultry workers without delay. Our families’ health, community health, and continued food production are at risk, as highlighted by growing numbers of COVID-19 outbreaks and meat and poultry plant closures across our state and the country. Friends and family working in the plants are still … Continue reading "Take Action: Meatpacking Workers Need Essential Protections and Benefits"
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Advocacy | November 22, 2019
Trembling, as rivers of people flooded her lefts and rights while she scanned the room for her dad in a Greyhound bus port – that is what she was doing – trembling. Leaving behind a world of what could have been to approach a completely different lifestyle and become immersed in a culture that wasn’t … Continue reading "A Dreamer’s Narrative"
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Advocacy | November 7, 2019
Get Involved | The Trump administration has proposed a change to immigration regulations which will end a court mandated rule that employment authorization applications for asylum seekers must be adjudicated within 30 days of being received by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. Asylum seekers must already wait 150 days to apply for employment authorization, … Continue reading "Comment On Proposed Rule Change That Will Limit Asylum Seekers’ Ability to Lawfully Work"
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Advocacy | October 31, 2019
Our response to the recent immigration raid in Madison, NE, was featured in the GP Connect, a newsletter of the Great Plains Conference of the United Methodist Church (GPCUMC). The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) founded the National Justice For Our Neighbors network in 1999 as a response to the 1996 passage of one of the … Continue reading "ILC Raid Response Featured in Great Planes Conference Newsletter"
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