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    New Jersey To Join Growing Number of States Extending Access to Driver’s Licenses for All Residents

    Published Dec 16, 2019 TRENTON, NJ — The New Jersey State Legislature voted today to pass critical legislation that expands access to driver’s licenses to all residents who are otherwise eligible, regardless of immigration...

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    Appeals Court Ruling Reckless, Advocates Warn

    Published Dec 10, 2019 WASHINGTON, DC — A federal appeals court Monday lifted the second of four court orders blocking implementation of the Trump administration’s public charge regulations, which threaten the health, nutrition, and housing of millions of...

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    NILC and NILC Immigrant Justice Fund Welcome New Board Members

    Published Oct 28, 2019 LOS ANGELES — The National Immigration Law Center (NILC) and the NILC Immigrant Justice Fund (IJF) each has added a new member to its board of directors: Angela Banks now serves on NILC’s board, and Ginette Magaña serves on IJF’s...

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    Senate Letter Challenging Trump “Junk” Insurance Mandate Applauded

    Published Oct 23, 2019 WASHINGTON — United States Senators Patty Murray (D-Washington) and Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), ranking Democrats on key Senate committees with jurisdiction over health care, today sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex...

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    Courts Block Trump Public Charge Regulations

    Published Oct 11, 2019 WASHINGTON, DC — Federal courts today issued national injunctions blocking any implementation of the Trump administration’s “public charge” regulations, which threaten the health, nutrition, and housing of millions of...

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    Eleventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Lawsuit Challenging Georgia City’s Policies Unlawfully Restricting Access to Basic Utility Services

    Published Oct 11, 2019 ATLANTA — The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday issued a unanimous opinion and order vacating the 2017 decision of a U.S. district court in Georgia in Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, et al. v. City of LaGrange, thus allowing...

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    DACA Recipients, Broad Coalition of Immigrants’ Rights Organizations Launch “Home Is Here” Campaign Ahead of Crucial Supreme Court Hearing

    Published Oct 2, 2019 WASHINGTON, DC — Ahead of the November 12, 2019, U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments in three consolidated cases regarding President Trump’s unlawful termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, DACA recipients...

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    Immigrant Advocates Support Hirono Bill Blocking “Public Charge” Regulations

    Published Sep 17, 2019 WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) has introduced the Protect American Values Act, legislation that would prohibit the use of federal funds to implement the Trump administration’s “public charge”...

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    NILC Denounces New Trump Rule to Hold Children and Families in Detention Indefinitely

    Published Aug 21, 2019 LOS ANGELES — The Trump administration today announced a regulation intended to circumvent longstanding protections for children detained by immigration officials.

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    Trump “Public Charge” Regulation Unlawful, Lawsuit Claims

    Published Aug 16, 2019 SAN FRANCISCO — Nonprofits serving immigrant communities and advocates for racial equity, health, children, farmworkers, and working families today filed suit to block implementation of the Trump administration’s “public charge”...

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    Los abogados prometen bloquear el ataque de Trump a millones de familias y a la democracia americana

    Published Aug 12, 2019 WASHINGTON, DC — Los abogados de las familias inmigrantes y la oportunidad económica denunciaron un nuevo reglamento del gobierno de Trump que tiene como finalidad privar a millones de familias del acceso a la atención médica y a otros...

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    Advocates Vow to Block Trump Attack on Millions of Families and American Democracy

    Published Aug 12, 2019 WASHINGTON — Advocates for immigrant families and economic opportunity spoke out against a new Trump administration regulation that aims to prevent millions of families from accessing health care and other programs or risk denial of lawful...

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    NILC Announces Intent to File Legal Challenge to Trump Public Charge Regulation

    Published Aug 12, 2019 WASHINGTON — The Trump administration today posted the text, as a “public inspection document,” of a new regulation that would vastly expand the number of immigrants who may be deemed ineligible for lawful permanent residence based on...

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    Spate of Mass Shootings Demands Response from All Elected Officials

    Published Aug 4, 2019 LOS ANGELES — Dozens of people were killed and even more injured by mass shooters in Dayton, Ohio; El Paso, Texas; and Gilroy, California, over the past several days, with at least one shooting targeting Latinx and immigrant community...

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    U.S. Supreme Court Takes Up Batalla Vidal v. McAleenan and Other Legal Challenges to Trump’s Termination of DACA

    Published Jun 28, 2019 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court today granted the Trump administration’s unusual request to review legal challenges to the termination of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) even before two federal appeals courts have reviewed...