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Deferred Action for Workers in Labor Disputes

Deferred Action for Workers in Labor Disputes On January 13, 2023, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced new guidance that clarifies the process by which workers asserting their rights against abusive employers can access temporary immigration protections, including work authorization and protection from deportation in the form of “deferred action.” In conjunction with companion [...]

Two Years After Deadly Nitrogen Leak at Georgia Poultry Plant, A Big Step Forward to Protect Immigrant Workers Reporting Labor Abuses

Two Years After Deadly Nitrogen Leak at Georgia Poultry Plant, A Big Step Forward to Protect Immigrant Workers Reporting Labor Abuses THE TORCH: CONTENTS By Shelly Anand, Elizabeth Zambrana, and Alessandra Stevens (Sur Legal Collaborative) and Michelle Lapointe (NILC) January 27, 2023 Two years ago, on January 28, 2021, Gainesville, Georgia was the site of [...]

National Immigration Law Center and More Than 330 Organizations Call on Biden Administration to Release Guidance that Enables Workers Involved in Labor Disputes to Apply for Deferred Action

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 21, 2022 CONTACT Email: [email protected] Madison Allman, 202-384-1279 Emily Morris, 213-457-7458 National Immigration Law Center and More Than 330 Organizations Call on Biden Administration to Release Guidance that Enables Workers Involved in Labor Disputes to Apply for Deferred Action WASHINGTON — The National Immigration Law Center and over 330 immigrants’, civil, [...]

NILC Statement on New DHS Memo on Worksite Enforcement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 12, 2021 CONTACT Madison Allman, [email protected], 202-384-1279 NILC Statement on New DHS Memo on Worksite Enforcement WASHINGTON — Marielena Hincapié, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s new memo on worksite enforcement: “Today’s welcome announcement by the [...]

Support and Pass the LIFT the BAR Act

Support and Pass the LIFT the BAR Act Download a PDF of this factsheet AUGUST 2021 During the global COVID-19 pandemic, millions of people in the United States continue to be denied access to health care and basic economic supports because of their immigration status. This community includes many non–U.S. citizens who are lawfully present [...]

Stop Trump’s Midnight Surveillance Rule

STOP TRUMP’S MIDNIGHT SURVEILLANCE RULE Proposed Rule Would Track and Surveil Immigrants and Impede Access to Immigration Status by Expanding Biometrics Collections FEBRUARY 2021 On September 11, 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) titled “Collection and Use of Biometrics.”[1] The NPRM would permit the U.S. Department of [...]

Cradle to Grave: Department of Homeland Security Builds System to Track and Surveil Immigrants and Impede Access to Lawful Status

CRADLE TO GRAVE Department of Homeland Security Builds System to Track and Surveil Immigrants and Impede Access to Lawful Status FEBRUARY 2021 On September 11, 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) misleadingly titled “Collection and Use of Biometrics by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.”[1] USCIS, an agency [...]

Biden Administration Day One Immigration Actions

Biden Administration Day One Immigration Actions Download a PDF of this issue brief Last updated JANUARY 28, 2021 * On January 20, 2021, just hours after being sworn in, President Joe Biden took several immigration-related actions that together signal a new era for immigration policy. They comprise an important first step towards redressing some of [...]

Immigrant Youth Hail Court Decision Rejecting Trump Administration’s Assault on DACA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 14, 2020 CONTACT NILC: Juan Gastelum, [email protected], 213-375-3149 MRNY: Yatziri Tovar, [email protected], 917-771-2818 Immigrant Youth Hail Court Decision Rejecting Trump Administration’s Assault on DACA In August, New York immigrant youth amended their lawsuit to challenge Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf’s entire DACA memo NEW YORK — Today, in the [...]