Resources

Past Seminars

Removal Defense, Asylum

Spring 2022 CLE: Hot Topics in Removal Defense and Asylum Law

Mar 23, 2022

This two-day seminar covers hot topics in removal defense and asylum law.

Amicus Brief

United States v. Rodrigues-Barios

Mar 21, 2022

Amicus Brief

Aoki, UCLA, SPLC reenactments friend-of-the-court brief in United States v. Rodrigues-Barios (March 21, 2022)

Mar 21, 2022

Amicus Brief

Asian Americans Advancing Justice friend-of-the-court brief in United States v. Rodrigues-Barios (March 21, 2022)

Mar 21, 2022

Amicus Brief

Historians 1929, 1952 friend-of-the-court brief in United States v. Rodrigues-Barios (March 21, 2022)

Mar 21, 2022

NILC, Latino Justice friend-of-the-court brief in United States v. Rodrigues-Barios (March 21, 2022)

Mar 21, 2022

Past Seminars

Children and Families, USCIS Benefits

EndSIJSBacklog Coalition Presents: USCIS's New SIJS Policy on Deferred Action and Work Authorization

Mar 17, 2022

This webinar, hosted by the EndSIJSBacklog Coalition is intended for legal practitioners who represent SIJS youth and discusses the key components of the new policy and flag as-yet-unanswered questions.

Public Comment/Letter

Crimes/Post-Conviction Relief

Letter to DHS's Office of the Principal Legal Advisor

Mar 15, 2022

On March 15, 2022, the National Immigration Project joined the Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) and American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) to express deep concern with increasing arguments by attorneys in the OPLA department that seek...

Practice Advisory

Children and Families

Practice Alert: What J.O.P. Class Members Need to Know About the April 22, 2022 Deadline for Asserting Rights Under the Mendez Rojas Settlement Agreement

Feb 14, 2022

This practice alert describes how some members of another certified class – of certain asylum seekers with prior “unaccompanied alien child” determinations, certified in J.O.P. v. DHS, 338 F.R.D. 33 (D. Md. Dec. 21, 2020) – may also be Mendez Rojas...

Practice Advisory

Practice Alert: Matter of Laparra

Feb 8, 2022

In Matter of Laparra, 28 I&N Dec. 425 (BIA 2022), the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)
rejected notice-based arguments for rescinding and reopening an in absentia order when the government serves the respondent with a Notice to Appear (NTA) lacking...