Resources & Advocacy
Citizenship for ALL!
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Resource list for Immigrants in support of Black Lives Matter
Includes KYR info that addresses particular risks for immigrants who are protesting and info from partners providing training and legal support for those arrested.
Amicus Briefs
The State of New York and Eric Gonzalez v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, et al.
Filed: March 13, 2020
Immigrant Defense Project and 44 legal services organizations, public defender organizations, and non-profit organizations in support of plaintiffs.
UPDATE: On June 10, 2020 Judge Rakoff declared ICE’s policy of courthouse arrests to be illegal and enjoining ICE from conducting any civil arrests on the premises or grounds of New York State courthouses.
Joshua M., Petitioner v. William Barr, Chad Wolf, Kenneth Cuccinelli, Respondents
Filed: December 6, 2019
Immigrant Justice Corps, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, New Jersey Consortium for Immigrant Children, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, Political Asylum/Immigration Representation Project (PAIR), Public Counsel, and Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights.
Filed: October 21, 2019
Brief of nonprofit legal services organizations as amici curiae in support of respondents.
Filed: February 21, 2019
Amicus curiae brief of nineteen organizations representing asylum seekers.
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Donald Trump, et al., Defendants
Filed: December 5, 2018
Amicus Curiae brief of twenty-three organizations representing asylum seekers.
Update: 12/19/2018 Order Granting Preliminary Injunction By Judge Tigar