Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

August 4, 2022 at 10:01 PM

Yesterday’s DACA decision

, yesterday, the federal court ruled in our DACA lawsuit and unfortunately declined to provide relief to our plaintiffs — nearly 100,000 class members, including first-time DACA applicants whose applications are in limbo and DACA recipients who are seeking to renew their …

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  Raha Wala, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

August 2, 2022 at 10:06 PM

URGENT: Imminent threat to our asylum system

, we need your help now more than ever. The Senate is set to vote on the upcoming budget reconciliation healthcare and climate legislation and will have to vote on a slew of anti-immigrant amendments, including one that would extend the cruel Title 42 expulsion ord…

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  Lisa Graybill, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

July 28, 2022 at 4:01 PM

Shut down Stewart Detention Center

Content warning: This email discusses sexual assault and violence. ,  Earlier this month, media reported a disturbing account of a nurse at Stewart Detention Center sexually assaulting multiple immigrant women who are currently detained by ICE. This latest story, whi…

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  Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

July 22, 2022 at 4:31 PM

We can't wait anymore

, Last month, the Supreme Court ruled that the Biden administration acted within its authority to end the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy. This victory is a testament to our movement, and we are using this momentum to ensure the Biden administration ends “Remain in Me…

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  Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

July 19, 2022 at 5:33 PM

Our partners at Haitian Bridge Alliance

, Last week, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released a 500+ page report on their “investigation” into its agency’s own abuse of Haitian asylum seekers in Del Rio, Texas in September 2021. Shockingly, CBP did not interview a single Haitian who experienced …

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  Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

July 15, 2022 at 5:33 PM

A victory in the workers’ rights movement

, For too long, undocumented people have been discouraged from reporting unfair or unsafe working conditions, out of fear of retaliation or deportation. That is starting to change. Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced it will issue letters of support fo…

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  Diana Pliego, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

July 13, 2022 at 4:03 PM

I’m doing an Instagram Takeover with HipLatina

Hi  – I’m Diana Pliego, a policy associate at NILC, an immigrant rights activist, and a DACA recipient. I’m reaching out to invite you to join me as I take over HipLatina’s Instagram today at 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT! I’ll be sharing all about DACA — where it stand…

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  Lisa Graybill, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

July 7, 2022 at 1:03 PM

Today we're in court for DACA

, Today, we are headed back to court alongside our courageous plaintiffs and co-counsel to ask the judge to order the federal government to protect tens of thousands of first-time and “extended renewal” DACA applicants who are currently in limbo. We represent a class of n…

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  Lisa Graybill, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

July 5, 2022 at 9:31 PM

Asylum victory at SCOTUS

, Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President Biden has the authority to end the inhumane, Trump-era policy, “Remain in Mexico,” that strands migrants in dangerous conditions in Mexico while they await court dates in the United States. Join us in calling on the…

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  Lisa Graybill, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

July 1, 2022 at 5:32 PM

We’re heading to court on behalf of new DACA recipients

, A few weeks ago, we marked the 10th anniversary of DACA, celebrating the hundreds of thousands of immigrant youth who have been able to live, work, study and contribute to their communities in the United States without fear of deportation. We called attention to …

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  Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

June 27, 2022 at 5:33 PM

The strength, creativity, and power of the LGBTQ+ community

Friend, All of us – regardless of where we come from, what we look like, or who we love – deserve the same opportunities to reach our full potential. We honor Pride month by celebrating our intersectional identities, particularly within the LGBTQ+ immigrant community. The…

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  Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

June 24, 2022 at 5:35 PM

Today is a troubling day in our nation

Friend, Today is a troubling day in our nation’s history. The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and upended a half-century of jurisprudence protecting the fundamental right to abortion. Individual states now have the power to restrict or ban abortion. Following the Cou…

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  Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

June 22, 2022 at 10:03 PM

One step closer to health care for all

, Twenty-five years ago, Congress passed a law that blocked immigrants who permanently reside in the U.S. but had not had their “green card” for at least five years, among others, from accessing health care, food aid, or income assistance. It’s had devastating effects sin…

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  Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

June 18, 2022 at 4:02 PM

Anniversary of our DACA victory

, Two years ago today, we, at the National Immigration Law Center, secured a crucial victory for immigrant youth when the Supreme Court struck down the Trump administration’s unconscionable attempt to terminate DACA. Today, in the week that DACA turns 10, I'm refle…

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  Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

June 15, 2022 at 3:01 PM

10 facts for DACA’s 10 years

, Today is the 10th anniversary of DACA – a decade of temporary protections for certain young undocumented immigrants. In recognition of 10 years of this policy, we are sharing 10 key facts about DACA: DACA has been a transformative policy that has allowed young i…

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  Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

June 13, 2022 at 6:01 PM

The meaning of DACA

, For 10 years, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) has protected hundreds of thousands of undocumented young immigrants from deportation — allowing them to pursue their careers, meet their educational goals, and contribute more fully to their communities…

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  Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

June 7, 2022 at 6:03 PM

This Immigrant Heritage Month

, As we face unprecedented and harrowing challenges as a country, including anti-immigrant policies, rhetoric, and attacks, it is important that we take time to care for one another and to celebrate our vibrant communities. And we at the National Immigration Law Ce…

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  Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

June 1, 2022 at 4:04 PM

What does DACA mean to you?

, this month we mark the 10-year anniversary of the announcement of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) — the transformational program through which hundreds of thousands of immigrant youth have pursued work and educational goals, better provided for themselves …

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  Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

May 23, 2022 at 6:39 PM

Title 42 was supposed to end today

– today is the day that the Title 42 expulsion order was supposed to end, restoring access to our asylum system. Instead, late on Friday, a federal judge blocked the Biden administration from halting Title 42 expulsions while the court case proceeds. This politically-dri…

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  Tiffanie Luckett, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

May 19, 2022 at 11:11 PM

Will you invest in tomorrow’s fight for justice?

Through attack after attack, we fought through the Trump years to protect and defend immigrant communities amidst a rash of xenophobic policies. Friend, through attack after attack, we fought through the Trump years to protect and defend immigrant communities amidst a rash…

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  Raha Wala, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

May 17, 2022 at 9:09 PM

Stephen Miller: the architect of Title 42

, Title 42 – the Trump-era expulsion policy that closed asylum at the border – has been in the news for weeks. With the Senate poised to vote on continuing the shutdown of our asylum as early as this week, you can expect to see even more lies and disinformation. We’re her…

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  Victoria Ballesteros, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

May 13, 2022 at 6:09 PM

Roe v. Wade

, I was born in the early 1970s. At the time, my mother and millions of people like her did not have access to reproductive health care. In fact, my mother needed her husband’s permission to access birth control. Even after decades of progress on reproductive rights, the …

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  Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

May 9, 2022 at 7:01 PM

We want to hear from you

, At NILC, we believe that all people who live in the U.S. should have the opportunity to achieve their full potential and the freedom to thrive. We also know that building a humane and just immigration system will take every one of us. Supporters like you make our work p…

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  Lisa Graybill, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

May 5, 2022 at 9:03 PM

Celebrating our legal victory

, Two weeks ago, we wrote to you that we were headed to court. Well, we already have a victory to report! First, a bit of NILC history: In the 1980s, we successfully secured a nationwide, permanent injunction requiring the INS (now the Department of Homeland Security…

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  Victoria Ballesteros, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

May 1, 2022 at 8:01 PM

Celebrating immigrant workers

, This International Workers’ Day, also known as May Day, we are celebrating the immigrant workers who help keep our country running, growing, and thriving. Immigrants lead in our communities, keep us safe, teach our kids, take on essential jobs and do so much more to str…

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  Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

April 28, 2022 at 8:31 PM

Join us in thanking senators who are supporting the end of Title 42 expulsions

, We are in a critical moment in the fight to restore our asylum system. Yesterday, a Trump-appointed federal judge temporarily paused the Biden administration from winding down the Title 42 policy before May 23rd. And now back from recess, a handful of Democratic and Rep…

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  Tiffanie Luckett, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

April 25, 2022 at 10:34 PM

Make a gift of stock the easy way

For four years, NILC led the fight against Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant attacks — from challenging his discriminatory Muslim and African Bans to protecting and defending DACA. Friend, for four years, NILC led the fight against Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant attacks — from…

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  Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

April 23, 2022 at 4:32 PM

What you need to know about Title 42

, We know you’re hearing a lot about Title 42 right now, and we at the National Immigration Law Center want to help you make sense of it all. Here’s what you need to know about the inhumane Title 42 expulsion order: Title 42 is Stephen Miller’s brainchild. Just over two …

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  Lisa Graybill, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

April 21, 2022 at 3:30 PM

We are headed to court

, Over 30 years ago, the National Immigration Law Center won a nationwide, permanent injunction requiring the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to stop interfering with the right to apply for asylum in the United States. Before the Orantes injunction, the DHS routinel…

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  Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

April 18, 2022 at 8:01 PM

Taxation without representation

, as people across the country wrap up their taxes for the year, we are thinking of the millions of undocumented immigrants and their households who are also paying hundreds of billions of dollars in federal, state, and local taxes nationwide. Despite being an integral pa…

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  Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

April 14, 2022 at 5:02 PM

A shameful effort to restart Title 42

, It’s been just under two weeks since the Biden administration rightly announced plans to end the Trump-era Title 42 expulsion order, which shut down access to legal asylum at the border and put thousands of people in harm’s way — all under the guise of “protecting publi…

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  Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

April 10, 2022 at 3:04 PM

Happy Birthday, Dolores Huerta!

, Today, on her 92nd birthday, we celebrate Dolores Huerta, a civil rights champion who has spent her life fighting for social justice and better working conditions on behalf of all workers, including immigrants and communities of color. Over decades of activism, Dolores …

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  Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

April 7, 2022 at 8:24 PM

Judge Jackson just made history

, With the Senate’s confirmation today, it’s official: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will be the next Justice to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. We’ve just made history. Justice Jackson is the first Black woman to ever serve on the Supreme Court, and she’s …

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  Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

April 6, 2022 at 4:35 PM

Urge your senators to stand firm on Title 42 repeal

, When the Biden administration announced that it would terminate the inhumane Title 42 expulsion order, it marked a critical— and long overdue — step forward towards improving access to asylum and protection in the United States. The weaponization of Title 42 has effecti…

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  Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

April 1, 2022 at 7:31 PM

BREAKING: Biden ends Trump-era policy targeting asylum seekers

, The Biden administration just announced that it will end the Trump-era Title 42 expulsion order on May 23. This policy shut down access to asylum at the border for more than two years and put people’s lives in danger. This announcement is a huge step forward, even if ov…

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  Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

March 31, 2022 at 5:02 PM

César Chávez’s legacy

, Today we celebrate the legacy of César Chávez, one of the most influential civil rights activists and labor organizers, whose contributions paved the way for progress for so many people. César Chávez, along with Dolores Huerta and thousands of farmworkers across the nat…

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  Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

March 25, 2022 at 6:04 PM

We’re hard at work

, we are at a critical moment in the immigrant justice movement. Far too often, elected officials make big promises but when the time comes to follow through, our communities are often left behind. We need your help to power the immigrant justice movement. Consider makin…

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  Lisa Graybill, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

March 23, 2022 at 11:04 PM

This week's hearings

, it’s been another eventful week for civil rights, including immigrant justice, as the Senate Judiciary Committee wraps up its third day of confirmation hearings on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. As the Senate continues the c…

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  Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

March 20, 2022 at 5:05 PM

2 years later

, Two years ago today, Trump used the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext to weaponize section 265 of Title 42 in order to deny asylum to migrants seeking protection at our southern border under the guise of public health. Since 2020, migrant families and adults have been deni…

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  Lisa Graybill, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

March 17, 2022 at 6:02 PM

Justice for all

Friend, Next week, the Senate will begin confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson — President Biden’s selection to fill Justice Stephen Breyer’s seat on the Supreme Court. If confirmed, she will be the first Black woman to serve on our nation’s highest court.…

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  Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

March 15, 2022 at 8:03 PM

All asylum seekers deserve protection

, Moments before a Texas court order was scheduled to go into effect on Friday night, the Biden administration announced it would no longer expel unaccompanied children seeking protection under its inhumane Title 42 expulsion order. Though this is an important step in the…

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  Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

March 3, 2022 at 6:35 PM

#ImmigrantsAreEssential has received an Anthem Award!

Huge news, ! Our #ImmigrantsAreEssential narrative and culture change project just won an Anthem Award. We received a gold award in the Human/Civil Rights Awareness Category. Our project was selected out of thousands of nominees spanning 30 countries across the globe. Thi…

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  Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

March 1, 2022 at 3:04 PM

Biden’s first year

, As President Biden prepares to address the nation tonight in the annual State of the Union Address, we wanted to reflect on his first year in office. President Biden started with a vision to ensure immigrants are honored as a strength to our nation. He rescinded the Mus…

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  Lisa Graybill, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

February 25, 2022 at 9:08 PM

BREAKING: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on SCOTUS

, history was made today. President Biden just selected Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as his nominee for the next Justice of the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS). If confirmed, she would be the first Black female judge to serve on our nation’s highest court. Judge Jacks…

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  Victoria Ballesteros, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

February 20, 2022 at 4:04 PM

World Day of Social Justice

, For over 40 years, our work has been driven by one unconditional principle: all of us — regardless of how much money we have, what we look like, or where we were born — should have the freedom to thrive. We remain laser-focused on fighting for justice and advancing the …

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  Lisa Graybill, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

February 18, 2022 at 8:04 PM

Our analysis of Biden’s potential SCOTUS nominees

, President Biden has reportedly identified a shortlist of exceptionally well-qualified Black women – Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Justice Leondra Kruger, and Judge Michelle Childs – to fill Justice Stephen Breyer’s seat following his retirement. At this crucial moment in…

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  Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

February 12, 2022 at 4:19 PM

Sustain our work

, For years, NILC has been a leader in fighting alongside immigrant communities to ensure that they can remain and thrive in this country — their home. We’re able to do this important work because of supporters like you. To sustain our work in the months to come, I want t…

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  Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

February 4, 2022 at 10:27 PM

Supporting Black immigrants

, This Black History Month and every day of the year, we are working alongside our Black allies to fight for fundamental human and civil rights for everyone in this country. As an organization fighting for immigrant justice and racial justice, we know that immigration is …

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  Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

January 28, 2022 at 11:14 PM

Take a stand

, This week marks the anniversaries of three major Trump-era policies that continue to harm our communities to this day: - The implementation of Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy, which continues under the Biden administration, denying migrants access to asylum, while ret…

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  Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center · [email protected]

January 25, 2022 at 8:23 PM

A major impediment

, In 2021, a diverse, multigenerational coalition of voters turned out in record numbers to support Biden’s bold progressive and pro-immigrant vision for our country. With Americans of all backgrounds engaging in our political process, it’s increasingly urgent that we sec…

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