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May 9, 2024
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NILC Statement on Biden Admin Asylum Change
WASHINGTON — Raha Wala, VP of strategic partnerships and advocacy at the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to the Biden administration’s new proposed regulation to change the asylum process:
“These counterproductive changes to asylum would make an already painful and arduous process harder for migrant families seeking safety and a better life. They represent another step in the wrong direction by President Biden, when he should instead be focused on immigration actions that move the country forward.
“Just last week, the Biden administration gave DACA recipients and the immigrant rights movement a long, hard fought victory by opening access to healthcare through the Affordable Care Act. We urge the President to continue to push for actions and legislation that will welcome immigrants, not policies that will further exacerbate the situation at our southern border.”
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NILC Responds to SCOTUS Decisions on TPS and Asylum
Published Jun 25, 2026 Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court issued rulings clearing the way for the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti and...
Advocates Take Legal Action to Block Trump Administration’s Move to Terminate 40 Year Protections for Unaccompanied Immigrant Children
Published Feb 11, 2026 The National Immigration Law Center (NILC), Public Counsel, Gilbert Carrasco, Cohen Milstein, and Quinn Emanuel are back in federal court to defend a permanent injunction that has protected unaccompanied immigrant children in U.S. custody since...
NILC Sues to Stop Trump’s Unlawful Expulsion of Hundreds of Guatemalan Children
Published Aug 31, 2025 The National Immigration Law Center today filed a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from unlawfully expelling hundreds of unaccompanied Guatemalan children from the United...
The US Must Keep its Promises to LGBTQ+ Immigrants
Elizabeth Choo
Published Jun 22, 2026 The government’s refusal to provide humanitarian relief to transgender immigrants is just one of the ways the Trump administration is attacking the LGBTQ+ community.