June 2018 – National Immigration Law Center

DACA Recipient Marco Villada Back Home in the U.S. after Six Months Stranded in Mexico

Richard Irwin — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 00:38:05 +0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 28, 2018 CONTACT Email: [email protected] Juan Gastelum, 213-375-3149 Hayley Burgess, 202-384-1279 LOS ANGELES — A married couple forcibly separated by a Trump administration misapplication of immigration law has been reunited after months of legal advocacy and community pressure. Marco Villada Garibay is back home with his husband, Israel Serrato, in California…

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Another Republican Anti-Immigrant Bill Fails

Richard Irwin — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 23:19:40 +0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 27, 2018 CONTACT Hayley Burgess, [email protected], 202-805-0375 WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives today resoundingly rejected Speaker Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) bill proposing sweeping, harmful changes to our immigration system in exchange for woefully inadequate protections for Dreamers. Ryan’s bill fell nearly 100 votes short of those needed to move forward…

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Statement on Justice Kennedy’s Retirement from the Supreme Court

Richard Irwin — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 20:02:42 +0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 27, 2018 CONTACT Hayley Burgess, [email protected], 202-805-0375 WASHINGTON — Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement today from the United States Supreme Court. Kennedy, who was appointed to the Court in 1987, authored several landmark decisions in his tenure as an associate justice. Below is a statement from Marielena Hincapié, executive director of the…

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Supreme Court Decision Threatens Worker Rights for All

Richard Irwin — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 15:51:54 +0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 27, 2018 CONTACT Hayley Burgess, [email protected], 202-805-0375 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court today overturned more than four decades of case law by ruling that public-sector employees may no longer be required to pay fees to the unions whose advocacy helps advance their rights. The 5-4 ruling in Janus v. AFSCME could have a major impact on workplace rights…

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Supreme Court Allows Discriminatory Muslim Ban to Stand

Richard Irwin — Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:58:53 +0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 26, 2018 CONTACT Hayley Burgess, [email protected], 202-805-0375 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court today issued a ruling upholding the Trump administration’s Muslim ban, allowing the government to effectively ban individuals from several Muslim-majority countries from coming to the United States. The Court heard oral arguments in April 2018 on Hawaii v. Trump…

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NILC Files FOIA Asking 16 Government Agencies to Reveal How They Plan to Reunify Families

Richard Irwin — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 22:53:19 +0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 25, 2018 CONTACT Hayley Burgess, [email protected], 202-805-0375 LOS ANGELES — In response to the dearth of information provided by the Trump administration, the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) today filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request demanding that the federal government provide information about its plans for reuniting families separated at the…

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Legal Victory in Arizona: State Must Accept Proof of Work Authorization as Sufficient Documentation from Immigrants Seeking Driver’s Licenses

Richard Irwin — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 16:48:49 +0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 22, 2018 CONTACT Hayley Burgess, [email protected] Tony Marcano, [email protected], 213-629-2512 x128 LOS ANGELES — Arizona must accept proof of work authorization as sufficient documentation from immigrants seeking to obtain driver’s licenses, a federal court ruled this week. The decision in Valenzuela v. Ducey, a lawsuit filed by the National Immigration Law Center…

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Trump Executive Order Makes Border Crisis Worse

Richard Irwin — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 19:42:58 +0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 20, 2018 CONTACT Hayley Burgess, [email protected], 202-805-0375 WASHINGTON — President Trump has signed an executive order mandating that families be jailed by the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security or Defense. This order will likely have the effect of jailing, for months or even years, immigrant families seeking safety in the U.S. The National Immigration Law…

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Ryan and Goodlatte Immigration Bills Are Ransom Notes, Not Solutions

Richard Irwin — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 21:11:25 +0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 19, 2018 CONTACT Email: [email protected] Juan Gastelum, 213-375-3149 Hayley Burgess, 202-384-1279 WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives this week is expected to vote on two anti-immigrant bills that would make sweeping, harmful changes to our immigration system and provide inadequate protections for Dreamers. Republican House leaders advanced the two…

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Montgomery County Policy Falls Short in Providing Legal Representation to Immigrants

Richard Irwin — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 13:54:04 +0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2018 CONTACT Email: [email protected] Juan Gastelum, 213-375-3149 Hayley Burgess, 202-384-1279 WASHINGTON — The Montgomery County, MD, Council last week approved a legal defense fund for some immigrants facing deportation. The program is an attempt to ensure due process for people in immigration court, who — unlike those in civil and criminal proceedings — are not…

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