“Signaling a sharp change of course in the country’s largest international cultural exchange program, the State Department has banned a leading sponsor company from bringing foreign students to the United States for summer jobs and will add new restrictions to protect students from labor abuse, officials said Wednesday. The removal of the sponsor, the Council [...]

For more than 35 years, Ayuda has been the DC area’s leading source of multilingual legal and social services for thousands of low-income immigrants in the areas of immigration, human trafficking, domestic violence, and sexual assault. Ayuda seeks to hire a temporary, bilingual Immigration Attorney to serve for a period of approximately 8 months to [...]

“Alabama’s new immigration law aims to make life so difficult for illegal immigrants that they will ‘self-deport.’ And in a way it’s working. Immigrants are fleeing Alabama…but not just the undocumented ones. This and other stories of people living with the unintended consequences of their decisions.” http://thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=456

A letter from Major Walt Cooper, Chairman of the Board, Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project: Dear IRAP Friends and Supporters: I wanted to share with you the editorial from this Sunday’s New York Times, “Unfinished Business in Iraq.” In it, the Editorial Board of the NYT, using information provided by IRAP, urges Washington to live up [...]

The Michael Maggio Immigrants’ Rights Summer Fellowship was established jointly in 2009 by the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law (CHRCL), and the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild (NIP/NLG) to commemorate the life and legal contributions of Michael Maggio. The Fellowship will provide matching funds [...]

AI PRESS RELEASE (Washington, D.C.) — A thought-provoking new campaign by Amnesty International highlights the plight of thousands of Central American migrants travelling across the region every year by calling for donations of a particular, humble item of clothing. When Amnesty International asked migrants what one thing they would take if leaving the country, the [...]

“WASHINGTON — On a single day this past fall, the United States government held 13,185 people in immigration detention who had not been convicted of a crime, with no plans to charge them with one, according to information The Huffington Post obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. Instead, at a cost of roughly [...]

“Instead of ensuring that voting rights are extended to all Americans, many state legislatures are engaged in efforts to shut out voters in this election year, taking aim at young people, immigrants and minorities. Last week, a panel of judges on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia heard a case [...]

The U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation (OIL) is gladly accepting applications for its Internship/Externship Program for the fall of 2012. The application submission begins February 6, 2012 and the deadline is March 13, 2012. About the Office: The Office of Immigration Litigation (OIL) coordinates federal immigration litigation nationwide, and has [...]

The Fellowship will be awarded to one law student each summer to work on a student-initiated project. Applications for the 2012 Fellowship must be received by February 1, 2012 (see application form for details). Students must submit a project proposal with an organization willing to host the student for 10 weeks and provide a $1,500 [...]