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    NILC Statement on the Reintroduction of The POWER Act

    Published Mar 28, 2023 WASHINGTON — Kica Matos, executive vice president of programs and strategy at the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to the reintroduction of the Protect Our Workers from Exploitation and Retaliation...

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    NILC Statement on Reports that the Biden Administration is Considering Restarting Family Detention

    Published Mar 7, 2023 WASHINGTON — Kica Matos, executive vice president of programs and strategy at the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to reports that the Biden administration is considering detaining families...

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    NILC Celebrates the Confirmation of Araceli Martínez-Olguín to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

    Published Feb 28, 2023 WASHINGTON — Sara K. Gould, interim executive director of the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), and Angela M. Banks, Chair of NILC’s Board of Directors, issued the following...

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    NILC Calls on Senate to Confirm Julie Su for U.S. Secretary of Labor

    Published Feb 28, 2023 WASHINGTON — Kica Matos, executive vice president of programs and strategy at the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to President Biden’s nomination of Julie Su for Secretary of...

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    Federal Court Approves Classwide Settlement of Civil Rights Lawsuit Challenging Workplace Raid

    Published Feb 27, 2023 CHATTANOOGA, TN — On Feb. 27, a federal judge approved a final settlement in a class action lawsuit challenging an April 2018 workplace immigration raid at a meat processing plant in East...

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    NILC Solidifies Executive Leadership Team with New Executive Vice President of Programs and Strategy and Executive Vice President of Operations

    Published Feb 6, 2023 WASHINGTON — The National Immigration Law Center (NILC) and Immigrant Justice Fund (IJF) today announced that Kica Matos has joined as executive vice president of programs and strategy, and Tasha...

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    NILC Statement on the Murder of Tyre Nichols

    Published Jan 30, 2023 WASHINGTON — Sara K. Gould, interim executive director of the National Immigration Law Center and Immigrant Justice Fund, issued the following statement in response to the...

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    NILC Welcomes New Board Member

    Published Jan 27, 2023 WASHINGTON — The National Immigration Law Center today announced the addition of Pedro Gerson, associate professor of law at California Western School of Law in San Diego, to...

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    NILC Statement on the Department of Homeland Security’s Guidance Regarding Workers Asserting their Rights in the Workplace

    Published Jan 13, 2023 WASHINGTON — Raha Wala, vice president of strategic partnerships and advocacy, issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s announcement that clarifies the process by which workers asserting their...

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    NILC Statement on President Biden’s Speech Announcing Expansion of Title 42 Expulsions

    Published Jan 5, 2023 WASHINGTON — Lisa Graybill, vice president of law and policy at the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to President Biden’s announcement of several initiatives at the U.S.-Mexico border, which...

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    NILC Statement on Congress’ Failure to Pass a Pathway to Citizenship for Immigrant Youth 

    Published Dec 20, 2022 WASHINGTON — Lisa Graybill, vice president of law and policy at the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to Congress’ failure to include provisions for a pathway to citizenship in the end of year...

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    NILC Welcomes New Board Member

    Published Dec 12, 2022 WASHINGTON — The National Immigration Law Center today announced the addition of Jennifer M. Chacón, the Bruce Tyson Mitchell Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, to the NILC board of...

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    NILC Statement on Potential Bipartisan Deal for Immigrant Youth Protections

    Published Dec 6, 2022 WASHINGTON — Raha Wala, vice president of strategic partnerships and advocacy at the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to reports that senators are working on a bipartisan immigration...

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    NILC Statement on the Extension and Redesignation of Temporary Protected Status for Haiti

    Published Dec 5, 2022 WASHINGTON — Raha Wala, vice president of strategic partnerships and advocacy, issued the following statement in response to the Biden administration’s extension and redesignation of temporary protected status (TPS) for...

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    NILC and More Than 330 Orgs Call on Biden Admin to Release Guidance that Enables Workers Involved in Labor Disputes to Apply for Deferred Action

    Published Nov 21, 2022 WASHINGTON — The National Immigration Law Center and over 330 immigrants’, civil, and labor rights organizations sent a letter calling on U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to follow through on the...