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    What States Can Do to Mitigate the Harm If DACA, TPS, and Other Forms of Immigration Relief End

    What States Can Do to Mitigate the Harm If DACA, TPS, and Other Forms of Immigration Relief End

    Published Jul 13, 2020 The Trump administration has systematically made it more difficult for long-term non–U.S. residents to obtain immigration relief, putting programs like DACA and TPS under threat.

    Shared Crisis, Shared Solutions: State and Local Advocacy for an Immigrant-Inclusive Response to the COVID-19 Crisis

    Shared Crisis, Shared Solutions: State and Local Advocacy for an Immigrant-Inclusive Response to the COVID-19 Crisis

    Published Apr 24, 2020 This report explores immigrant-inclusive economic justice policy opportunities for state and local advocates to pursue in their communities.

    Worksite Raids under the Trump Administration

    Worksite Raids under the Trump Administration

    Published Jan 1, 2020 This resource has an interactive map and graph that depict the geography and frequency of worksite immigration raids since 2017, and provides resources for impacted workers, communities, and employers. Originally published in August...

    Immigrants’ Rights Gain Ground in the States: 2018-2019

    Immigrants’ Rights Gain Ground in the States: 2018-2019

    Published Dec 11, 2019 This report highlights some of the victories won by immigrants’ rights advocates, organizers, and allies in the states from 2018-2019.

    Face Recognition and Driver’s License Photo–Sharing

    Face Recognition and Driver’s License Photo–Sharing

    Published Oct 1, 2019 This resource provides information about ICE’s use of DMV photos and states’ face-recognition technology for immigration enforcement as well as some steps that states can take to restrict access to photos in their DMV databases and to limit...

    One Year After the SCOTUS Ruling: Understanding the Muslim Ban and How We’ll Keep Fighting It

    One Year After the SCOTUS Ruling: Understanding the Muslim Ban and How We’ll Keep Fighting It

    Published Jun 23, 2019 The report, designed to raise awareness of the Muslim ban and its harmful effects, reviews the four versions of the ban, the flawed waiver system, its direct and collateral impacts, and concludes with the No Muslim Ban Ever Campaign’s future...

    Lessons from East Tennessee: A Toolkit for Organizations Responding to Mass Worksite Immigration Raids

    Lessons from East Tennessee: A Toolkit for Organizations Responding to Mass Worksite Immigration Raids

    Published May 29, 2019 This resource is designed for advocates to respond immediately when ICE conducts a worksite raid in their community.

    Funding for ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Is Funding for Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Agenda

    Funding for ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Is Funding for Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Agenda

    Published Apr 29, 2019 As the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration policies have increasingly come under scrutiny, Homeland Security Investigations has played a significant role in carrying out brutal tactics to target immigrants for...

    How Governors and Attorneys General Can Use Their Authority to Support and Protect Immigrants

    How Governors and Attorneys General Can Use Their Authority to Support and Protect Immigrants

    Published Nov 9, 2018 This resource discusses various options for enacting pro-immigrant policies, typically without the involvement of a legislature.

    Racial Profiling After HB 56: Stories from the Alabama Hotline

    Racial Profiling After HB 56: Stories from the Alabama Hotline

    Published Dec 6, 2017 What happened after HB 56 went into effect? This report tells the stories of people who reported civil rights violations to an Alabama hotline.

    Untangling the Immigration Enforcement Web

    Untangling the Immigration Enforcement Web

    Published Sep 12, 2017 This resource shares basic information for advocates about databases and information-sharing among federal, state, and local agencies.

    The Effects of Sanctuary Policies on Crime and the Economy

    The Effects of Sanctuary Policies on Crime and the Economy

    Published Jan 24, 2017 This report provides new insights into how sanctuary counties perform across a range of social and economic indicators compared to nonsanctuary counties.

    Along Racial Lines: The Genesis of Arizona’s SB 1070 Is a Cautionary Tale of Race-based Immigration Policy

    Along Racial Lines: The Genesis of Arizona’s SB 1070 Is a Cautionary Tale of Race-based Immigration Policy

    Published Oct 28, 2016 Evidence provided in this report is an example of why Americans should be alarmed by the motives behind Arizona’s SB 1070 and laws cast from its mold.

    States Reject Immigration Enforcement Measures and Advance Inclusive Policies in 2016

    States Reject Immigration Enforcement Measures and Advance Inclusive Policies in 2016

    Published Oct 6, 2016 This resource highlights the key victories and challenges faced by the immigrants' rights movement in 2016.

    How U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement and State Motor Vehicle Departments Share Information

    How U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement and State Motor Vehicle Departments Share Information

    Published May 25, 2016 NILC submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, in April 2014, to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and ICE seeking documents pertaining to information-sharing between ICE and state departments of motor vehicles (DMVs)....