Dismantle, Don’t Expand: The 1996 Immigration Laws by the Immigrant Rights Clinic at NYU School of Law and Immigrant Justice Network: May 2017 -- The last major revisions to U.S. immigration laws were made in 1996 under President Clinton. Shorthanded as the “‘96 Laws,” the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty…
On May 4, 2017, the Harvard Law School’s Fair Punishment Project, the Immigrant Defense Project, and the Immigrant Legal Resource Center released a report "The Promise of Sanctuary Cities and the Need for Criminal Justice Reforms in An Era of Mass Deportation." The report urges city leaders who want to…
Download IDP resource “Practical Tips for Defenders on ICE at Courts,” IDP’s free guide, updated in July 2019, gives practical suggestions for supporting clients if ICE agents show up to detain them in court. For years, Immigrant Defense Project (IDP) received periodic but infrequent reports of Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
How to Give a Know Your Rights Presentation for Immigrants Wednesday, April 22, 2020, 2 pm - 4 pm ET Video available at: https://vimeo.com/411197151/e1816d2d8b Download the slides accompanying the workshop: IDP Train the Trainer Apr 22, 2020 Slides IDP Sample Community KYR Slides (April 2020) This webinar is intended to…
Defend Against ICE Raids and Community Arrests, the product of IDP’s and CCR’s collective work against ICE arrests under Bush and Obama, serves as the first comprehensive guide and organizing resource to fight back against the Trump administration’s efforts to criminalize communities and deport millions of people. (Updated in July…