Rights When Participating in Demonstrations Know Your Rights: Immigrants' Participation in Protests (NILC) — PDFs: Arabic | Chinese | Haitian Creole | Korean | Spanish | Tagalog | Vietnamese | — Immigrants, including undocumented immigrants, face additional risks from any encounter with law enforcement, because any police interaction, even if it doesn’t result in a criminal charge or arrest, could lead [...]
Toolkit | Access to Driver's Licenses FACT SHEETS, TALKING POINTS, POLICY ANALYSIS TOOLKIT CONTENTS Benefits of Expanding Access to Driver’s Licenses Restrictions' Effect on Citizens & Lawfully Present Immigrants Uniform vs. Marked Licenses REAL ID Identification Issues Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITINs) Countering Allegations of Fraud Costs General Fact Sheets, Talking Points, and Analysis Driver’s [...]
IMMIGRATION REFORM 2013 The Financial Barrier to Citizenship JUNE 6, 2012 The Senate bipartisan immigration reform bill, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 (S. 744), will provide a road to U.S. citizenship for millions of unauthorized immigrants if it is enacted.[1] Providing citizenship to these 11 million people will make the [...]
THE LEGAL WORKFORCE ACT Too Costly for Employers, Workers, and Taxpayers APRIL 2014 The Legal Workforce Act (H.R. 1772), which the House Judiciary Committee approved on June 26, 2013,[1] would require every employer in the U.S. to use an electronic employment eligibility verification system (EEVS) patterned on E-Verify.[2] Rather than offering a comprehensive approach to [...]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 27, 2015 CONTACT Elizabeth Beresford,
[email protected], 917-648-0189 More Than 50 California Groups Urge Sens. Feinstein, Boxer to Stop Efforts to Undermine California Law; Expected Legislation Would Bully Local Authorities “We are deeply concerned that leaders in the state with the largest immigrant population in the country are willing to consider or [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 15, 2015 CONTACTS Elizabeth Beresford | NILC |
[email protected] | 917.648.0189 Mario Carrillo | UWD |
[email protected] | 915.449.6463 USCIS Ramps Up Effort to Collect Three-Year DACA and Work Permits Issued in Error Post-Injunction Administration to begin home visits on Thursday, July 16 WASHINGTON — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 9, 2015 CONTACT Tanya Arditi, 202.741.6258,
[email protected] New Survey of DACA Recipients Finds that Average Hourly Wages Increased by 45 Percent, Among Other Benefits A nationwide survey conducted by Tom K. Wong of the University of California, San Diego, the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), and the Center for American Progress [...]
