Folks,

Our fight in the immigrant justice movement can often be a long and difficult road. But in our work, it’s critical to celebrate our victories and the progress that has been made across the movement.

Here are just some of the highlights:

• In court, NILC secured two victories that were aimed at undoing and securing justice for the harm caused by the Trump administration. In the first case, a federal judge ordered the Biden administration to undo the harms of the Muslim and African Bans and reconsider denied visa applications. Then, in our lawsuit challenging what at the time was the largest workplace raid in a decade, the judge preliminarily approved a class settlement that will provide over $1 million to workers who were illegally targeted, detained, and subjected to excessive force.
• In Congress, we spent the year relentlessly advocating for the end of cruel Trump-era policies that endanger asylum seekers and pressuring elected officials to deliver permanent protections for immigrant youth before the end of the year. We held lobbying days, press conferences, flew in DACA recipients to meet with members of Congress, and mobilized NILC supporters to contact their representatives more than 30,000 times in support of asylum seekers and immigrant youth.
• Across the country, states made incredible advances in expanding immigrants’ access to critical supports, like health care and nutrition assistance, driver’s licenses and state IDs, and relief for excluded workers. We owe these historic advances to local immigrant rights groups and allies, with support from our hardworking advocates here at NILC.

We could not have achieved these victories without your support, and we are ready to keep fighting in 2023. Hundreds of people across the country have already stepped up to power our legislative and policy work to protect and advance the rights of the immigrant communities we serve through generous donations. Hitting our $1 million goal before 2022 ends ensures we have the resources to continue this fight.

Please, become a donor today to help us hit our critical end-of-year goal.

Thank you for your support.

Raha Wala
Vice President, Advocacy and Strategic Partnerships
National Immigration Law Center

P.S. Looking for other ways to give? NILC accepts gifts of stock, cryptocurrency, donor advised funds and IRA contributions. Go to NILC.org/WaysToGive for more details.