Last month, CILA worked with the American Bar Association (ABA) Commission on Immigration (COI) and our COI sister projects, South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project (ProBAR) and the Immigration …
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We are just two weeks into the Biden administration and 28 executive orders have been signed, which means that President Biden is on course to surpass FDR as the president …
CILA is excited to announce a free, virtual two day continuing legal education (CLE) training on asylum law, geared toward pro bono attorneys across the country. The training entitled Defend …
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We have heard from many of you that the procedural path forward for your asylum seeking clients has been unclear over the past year because of the inconsistent guidelines from …
Updated Resources: The Unaccompanied [non-immigrant] Child (UAC) Designation Read More »
On June 15, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security and the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) of the Department of Justice issued a proposed rule in the Federal Register. The proposed …
Advocates for children in immigration proceedings have been working with children and youth who have experienced the detrimental impact of the Migrant Protections Protocol (MPP) also known as the “Remain …
Legal Service Providers Advocate for Children and Youth Affected by MPP Read More »
Recently CILA has participated in several conversations around the transit bar and the MPP (Migrant Protection Protocols, or “Remain in Mexico”). Many of these conversations included scenarios in which we …
The Intersection of the Transit Bar, MPP & Metering Read More »
Keeping up with the changes to asylum law can be challenging when they are happening so frequently. Check out CILA’s new resource regarding how the changes are impacting unaccompanied children …
New CILA Resource: Asylum Law Under Attack – What is the Impact on UC Read More »
In 2008, Congress afforded unaccompanied children certain protections during the asylum process including the right to file their initial asylum application past one year of their entry to the United …
One Year Asylum Deadline: Does it apply to asylum applications for young people? Read More »
