The Latest from IAN

The IAN Slack Community is looking for 5 Community Champions! Community Champions are experienced immigration attorneys who would be willing to:

• Share and post content on a regular basis
• Respond to other community member resource posts with a comment or positive emoji
•  Help respond to legal questions if possible 

We believe this will create an atmosphere of intent, excitement and positivity. This volunteer position will require previous knowledge of Slack and a time commitment of a maximum two hours per week. If interested, please fill out this form and we will contact you with more information.

Have an immigration question? Ask the IAN Slack Community!

In case you missed it, the Immigration Advocates Network is piloting the use of Slack to provide more opportunities for our members to connect, collaborate and share resources. We hope this new community will create possibilities to find volunteer opportunities, support attorneys and accredited representatives, aid non-profit organizations in retrieving direction towards legal questions, and help non-profit organizations gather resources for clients! If you’re interested in joining fellow immigration advocates in our IAN Slack community click below to complete our application form.

The Latest from Immigration Advocates Network

This is the monthly digest from the Immigration Advocates Network and our partners in immigrant advocacy:

• USCIS Updates Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) Age Calculation for Certain Adjustment of Status Applicants, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has issued guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to update when an immigrant visa number “becomes available” for the purpose of calculating a noncitizen’s age in certain situations under the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA).

• DHS and DOJ Propose Rule to Incentivize Lawful Migration Processes, DOJ & DHS are issuing a proposed rule to incentivize the use of new and existing lawful processes and disincentivize dangerous border crossings, by placing a new condition on asylum eligibility for those who fail to do so.

• Trafficked & Tortured, Mapping ICE Transfers,  Freedom for Immigrants released a resource that exposes how ICE weaponizes inter-detention transfers of people in its custody to pad the agency’s budget and as a harsh form of retaliation, torture, and labor trafficking.

• Nationwide Detention Facility Resource Directory, FFI released an updated list of Detention facilities.

• Unblocking the U.S. Immigration System: Executive Actions to Facilitate the Migration of Needed Workers, MPI released a policy brief that outlines a range of actions the executive branch could take under current law to facilitate the migration of needed workers, retain immigrants already in the U.S. workforce, and ease challenges experienced by U.S. employers and their foreign-born workers. Many are proposals for small-bore changes to improve the efficiency of caseload processing at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the State Department.

Jobs in Immigrant Advocacy

• Immigration Staff Attorney, The Legal Clinic, HI
• Children’s Program Coordinating Pro Bono Attorney, RMIAN, CO
• Staff Attorney I-II Immigrant Justice Project, Southern Poverty Law Center, Multiple Locations
• Social Services Advocate, NWIRP, WA

For more jobs visit https://www.immigrationadvocates.org/nonprofit/jobs/.
To share a job listing, email [email protected]

About the Immigration Advocates Network

The Immigration Advocates Network (IAN), a program of Justicia Lab, is an online community of over ten-thousand nonprofit professionals, pro bono lawyers, students, and faculty committed to fighting for immigrant justice. Join the IAN community to receive regular updates, connect with other members, and learn about new digital tools immigrant justice. 

Support immigrants and their advocates today!