This webinar will address common issues of conflicts, confidentiality, communication, competency, and the duty of candor to the tribunal. The speakers will pose common fact patterns as hypotheticals and discuss solutions that are best for the clients...
On December 1, 2023, the Board of Immigration Appeals issued a precedential decision, Matter of M‑R‑M‑S‑, 28 I&N Dec. 757 (BIA 2023), which purports to narrow the circumstances in which asylum seekers can prove that their membership in a family-based...
The National Immigration Project, Detention Watch Network, the Southeast Dignity Not Detention Coalition, and RFK Human Rights released an ‘Anthology of Abuse’ on the still operational Winn Correctional Center in Winnfield, Louisiana. The report...
NIPNLG and the Legal Aid Society have submitted a comment on proposed changes to form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence, and accompanying instructions to the form. Not only do the proposed changes increase a lengthy and complex form...
The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) published a proposed rule on procedures that affect the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) and immigration judges’ authority to manage their dockets. NIPNLG submitted a comment that largely supported...
This webinar will discuss post-departure motions to reopen and options for obtaining return after prevailing on a motion to reopen. The speakers will also discuss the role of parole, prosecutorial discretion requests for deported individuals, and...
This guide is intended as a self-assessment resource for individuals who have previously been deported want to return legally to the United States. This guide provides general information about immigration law and and does not constitute legal advice...
Individuals deported from the United States face enormous legal and practical barriers to being able to return and rejoin their families and communities in the future. These barriers often convert deportation into a prolonged, if not lifetime, exile...
The National Immigration Project and 139 organizations delivered a letter to the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement calling for the closure of the ICA-Farmville Detention Center in Virginia and release of...
The National Immigration Project and 44 other civil and human rights groups who represent or work closely with people from Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian communities delivered a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice to express...