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An Affiliate of the Justice For Our Neighbors Network
Education News Uncategorized | November 17, 2020
The Center for Disease Control has issued a moratorium on evictions through December 31, 2020. Renters unable to pay rent due to the toll COVID-19 has taken on their lives can sign and provide to their landlord a declaration demonstrating the need for protection from eviction. According to a legal opinion from Immigrant Legal Center, … Continue reading "Center for Disease Control Moratorium on Evictions"
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Advocacy News Uncategorized | November 16, 2020
On Saturday November 14, 2020, a New York City federal judge ruled Chad Wolf was not serving legally as the chief of Homeland Security, and thus his suspension of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is invalid. In June, the Supreme Court blocked the Trump Administrations attempt to end DACA, the Obama-era program that shields … Continue reading "Federal Judge Invalidates DACA Suspension Ruling Acting DHS Head Chad Wolf Unlawfully Appointed"
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Advocacy Uncategorized | November 6, 2020
Since 2017, ILC has worked with a client who had been taken advantage of by a notario, an individual that was neither an attorney nor a DOJ representative. The notario had charged the client a fee and submitted an incomplete DACA application, resulting in a denial and the loss of their DACA status during a … Continue reading "ILC’s Advocacy Protects the Most Vulnerable"
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Legal Services Uncategorized | May 8, 2020
Immigrant Legal Center is expecting a decision from the Supreme Court in the near future. We have created a toolkit for DACA recipients who may have alternative relief options. Why is this Toolkit Important? On September 5, 2017, the Trump administration announced the termination of the program, which resulted in several lawsuits challenging the program’s termination … Continue reading "DACA Toolkit"
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Uncategorized | November 25, 2019
When an immigration raid happens in Nebraska, ILC staff responds immediately. The most recent event was October 23 when more than a dozen individuals were picked up in a raid by Homeland Security at a Madison, Nebraska business. ILC’s Rapid Response Plan kicked into gear as multiple staff implemented their roles to confirm facts and … Continue reading "ILC Led Legal Response to Madison NE Immigration Raid"
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Uncategorized | October 16, 2019
At this free legal clinic, the Immigrant Legal Center attorneys and accredited representatives will complete and file applications for qualified applicants to RENEW their Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Additionally, we will provide information on how to effectively civically engage, regardless of age or immigration/citizenship status. We look forward to heading strong and informed into a decidedly important … Continue reading "REGISTER TODAY | DACA Renewal & Advocacy Clinic"
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Uncategorized | September 18, 2019
Charles “Shane” Ellison, ILC’s legal director, also engages in impact litigation on behalf of National Justice For Our Neighbors (JFON), the national organization of which we are an affiliate. Shane authored amicus briefs before the Eighth and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeal regarding application of the persecutor bar, as well as before the Board of … Continue reading "ILC Legal Director’s National Impact Litigation"
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Uncategorized | August 7, 2019
Most of us are familiar with the “American Dream” family roots narrative (whether it’s your own or that you’ve heard patriotically boasted) along the lines, “When my grandfather came to the United States, he only had $5 in his pocket!” Current and upcoming policy, however, makes new strides in denying the pride and possibility of … Continue reading "Your American Dream"
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Uncategorized | June 28, 2019
The Court will begin with oral arguments on the question of DACA at the beginning of its next term, in October, and is expected to reach a decision sometime by June of 2020.
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Uncategorized | June 27, 2019
On the last day of its 2018-2019 term, the Supreme Court decided 5-4 to block the question of citizenship from the 2020 census on the basis that the government did not provide sufficient explanation for the question’s inclusion. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross had proposed that the question was important to assessing the number of citizens … Continue reading "Supreme Court Decides Against Citizenship Question"
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