By Talia Horrow and Ignacia Rodriguez Kmec THE TORCH: CONTENTS March 25, 2024 On January 31, 2024, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published the updated U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Fee Schedule. This final rule published in the Federal Register aimed to adjust certain benefit request fees and establish exemptions for specific humanitarian… Source ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 25, 2024 CONTACT Email: [email protected] Juan Gastelum, 213-375-3149 Emily Morris, 213-457-7458 WASHINGTON — Since 2012, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) has served as a beacon of hope for more than 835,000 undocumented immigrants who call the United States their home. A new survey by the U.S. Immigration Policy Center at the University of California… Source ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 12, 2024 CONTACT Emily Morris, National Immigration Law Center, [email protected], 213-457-7458 Julie Gallego, MALDEF, [email protected], (714) 932-2025 AUSTIN, Texas — Texas residents and a local nonprofit organization are challenging the state’s new anti-immigrant law, known as S.B. 4, in federal court as unconstitutional. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense… Source ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 15, 2024 CONTACT Email: [email protected] Juan Gastelum, 213-375-3149 Emily Morris, 213-457-7458 WASHINGTON — The National Immigration Law Center (NILC) and NILC Immigrant Justice Fund (IJF) this week welcomed Kate Kahan, a nationally recognized advocate for racial and economic justice, as executive vice president of programs. Kahan has spent three decades… Source ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 7, 2024 CONTACT Email: [email protected] Juan Gastelum, 213-375-3149 Emily Morris, 213-457-7458 WASHINGTON — Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center and the NILC Immigrant Justice Fund, issued the following statement in response to the Senate vote to consider a deal that would decimate the U.S. asylum system in exchange for short-term… Source ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 4, 2024 CONTACT Email: [email protected] Emily Morris, 213-457-7458 Juan Gastelum, 213-375-3149 WASHINGTON — Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to the released text of the supplemental funding deal that would decimate the U.S. asylum system, among other dangerous provisions… Source ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 17, 2024 CONTACT Email: [email protected] Juan Gastelum, 213-375-3149 Emily Morris, 213-457-7458 WASHINGTON — Jessie Hahn, senior labor and employment policy attorney at the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s announcement of a process for workers who assert their rights against… Source ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 11, 2024 CONTACT Emily Morris, National Immigration Law Center, 213-457-7458, [email protected] Ariella Sult, ACLU of Indiana, 317-759-6425, asult@aclu-in.org INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — A federal district court in Indiana today entered a preliminary injunction ordering the state to remove restrictions on accessing Indiana driver’s licenses or identification cards for… Source ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 2, 2024 CONTACT Email: [email protected] Juan Gastelum, 213-375-3149 Emily Morris, 213-457-7458 WASHINGTON — The National Immigration Law Center (NILC) today announced the addition of Murad Awawdeh, Executive Director of the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), to the NILC board of directors. “I am proud to welcome Murad Awawdeh, a nationally renowned champion… Source ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 13, 2023 CONTACT Juan Gastelum, NILC, [email protected] Melissa Flores, AOL, [email protected] Layne Mullett, AFSC, [email protected] Jacqueline Arellano, Border Kindness, [email protected] Brianna Krong, CGRS, [email protected] Spencer Tilger, IRAP, [email protected] Mallory Adamski, SBCC, [email protected] JACUMBA, Calif. Source ..read more