Heidi Altman is the Federal Advocacy Director at NILC. She previously served as the Director of Policy at the National Immigrant Justice Center and the Legal Director for the Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition. Heidi’s work focuses on federal legislative and administrative advocacy to advance the rights of immigrant communities.
Her background includes years of supervising and providing deportation defense to people facing immigration court and appellate proceedings, and building programs to defend the rights of those in the criminal-legal-to-deportation pipeline in New York and Virginia. Heidi is a graduate of New York University School of Law.
Five Things to Know about the Laken Riley Act
Jan 6, 2025 The Laken Riley Act exploits personal tragedy to fuel anti-immigrant rhetoric. This bill is not a public safety measure, but rather an attack on established constitutional protections that would do nothing to keep communities safe if enacted...
Budget Reconciliation and Immigration Policy: Potential Areas of Impact for 2025
Dec 13, 2024 Republican leadership has stated they plan to move two major bills on reconciliation. This analysis provides an overview of the reconciliation process from the lens of policies that impact immigrants, highlighting the potential and limits of...
How the Biden Administration’s Expanded Asylum Ban Puts Lives at Risk and Contradicts American Values
Sep 30, 2024 This policy brief analyzes the Biden administration’s decision to finalize and expand its asylum ban first established in an interim final rule in June 2024.
5 cosas que debes saber sobre la Ley Laken Riley
Heidi Altman
Jan 10, 2025 El proyecto de ley Laken Riley no es una medida de seguridad pública, sino más bien un ataque a las protecciones constitucionales establecidas que no contribuiría nada a la seguridad de las comunidades si se promulgara como...