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    NILC Statement on Reports that Trump Plans to Revoke Policy Safeguarding Schools, Churches from ICE

    Published Dec 11, 2024 WASHINGTON — Heidi Altman, federal advocacy director at the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to a report that President-elect Donald Trump plans to revoke a long-standing policy restricting...

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    NILC Statement on Preliminary Injunction by Federal Judge Blocking Certain DACA Recipients’ Access to Health Care Coverage

    Published Dec 9, 2024 WASHINGTON — Nicholas Espíritu, deputy legal director of the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), issued the following statement in response to Judge Daniel M. Traynor of the U.S. District Court in North Dakota’s order blocking DACA...

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    NILC Statement on Election of Donald Trump as President

    Published Nov 6, 2024 WASHINGTON — Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to Donald Trump’s election win:

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    Advocates Launch Awareness Campaign to Get Thousands of DACA Recipients Enrolled in ACA Health Coverage

    Published Oct 30, 2024 The National Immigration Law Center (NILC), United We Dream (UWD), and Young Invincibles launched an online campaign to reach thousands of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients who will soon be eligible to purchase health...

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    NILC Statement on Move to Permanently Enforce Asylum Restrictions by the Biden Administration

    Published Sep 30, 2024 WASHINGTON — Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to the Biden administration's regulation that would permanently enforce the sweeping asylum restrictions it implemented over...

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    DACA Recipients Defend Access to Affordable Health Care in Court

    Published Sep 20, 2024 Bismarck, North Dakota – CASA, on behalf of its members, and Dania Quezada, a third-year law student with DACA at the University of Washington are seeking to intervene in a federal lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s regulation...

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    NILC Celebrates the House Passage of the SPEAK Act 

    Published Sep 18, 2024 WASHINGTON — Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to the U.S. House of Representatives’ bipartisan passage of the Supporting Patient Education And Knowledge (SPEAK) Act,...

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    NILC Welcomes Glenn Formica to Board of Directors

    Published Jul 29, 2024 WASHINGTON — The National Immigration Law Center (NILC) today announced the addition of Glenn Formica, founder and principal at Formica, P.C., to the NILC board of directors.

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    National Immigration Law Center Staff Celebrate Ratification of First Collective Bargaining Agreement

    Published Jul 18, 2024 Staff at the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) are proud to announce the ratification of their first collective bargaining agreement. Negotiated in partnership with the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU), this agreement...

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    Federal Court Temporarily Blocks Oklahoma’s Anti-Immigrant HB 4156

    Published Jun 28, 2024 OKLAHOMA CITY — A federal court has temporarily blocked Oklahoma’s HB 4156, a harmful and far-reaching law that would have devastating consequences for Oklahoma’s immigrant...

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    NILC Statement on Biden’s Plan to Provide Relief for Some Undocumented Spouses of U.S Citizens

    Published Jun 18, 2024 WASHINGTON — Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center and the NILC Immigrant Justice Fund, issued the following statement in response to the Biden administration’s plan to provide relief for some immigrants who are...

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    NILC Statement on Biden’s Executive Action on the Border

    Published Jun 4, 2024 WASHINGTON — Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center and the NILC Immigrant Justice Fund, issued the following statement in response to the Biden administration’s anti-immigrant executive action on the...

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    Latest Data Shows DACA Recipients Continue To Face Barriers To Affordable Health Care

    Published Jun 3, 2024 WASHINGTON — A report published today by the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) shows that one out of five Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients are not covered by any kind of health insurance or health care plan,...

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    NILC Statement on Standalone Senate Border Bill Vote

    Published May 23, 2024 WASHINGTON — Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center and Immigrant Justice Fund, issued the following statement in response to the failed Senate border bill vote led by...

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    Civil Rights Groups File Federal Lawsuit to Block Oklahoma’s Unconstitutional HB 4156

    Published May 23, 2024 OKLAHOMA CITY — Civil rights groups today challenged Oklahoma’s HB 4156, a far-reaching, harmful new law that would create a state system to regulate immigration that completely bypasses and conflicts with federal law and would have...