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This site was established by the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, a non-profit organization based in Los Angeles, CA, that focuses on the human rights and domestic civil rights of insular minorities including immigrants, refugees, children, and indigenous peoples.
This site is also intended to serve as a tool for networking among immigration scholars, community based immigration advocates, and immigrants themselves. Institutions, advocates, and individuals involved in issues relating to amnesty and legalization for undocumented immigrants, whether in the private, non-profit, or government sectors, are invited to post materials on this site. To do so, please e-mail the project. Please reference Unity Blueprint and National Immigration Forum for more immigration news and information.
US Government Terminates 'No-Match' Rule
October 7, 2009. The Department of Homeland Security has abandoned its effort to use the Social Security Administration 'no match' letters for immigration enforcement, which would have caused tens of thousands of U.S. citizens and other authorized workers to lose their jobs – an unacceptable result, particularly in these tough economic times. Click here for the article.E-Verify Rule for Federal Contractors Suspended
The federal government has agreed to suspend implementation of a rule that would require federal contractors and subcontractors to use the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) E-Verify system to verify their employees’ eligibility to work in the United States. The Rule has been suspended until May 21, 2009. Read more about what the provision would mean.The Obama Policy: No More Showboat Raids
The Obama Administration’s ICE enforcement policy has shifted, in two ways. First, to focus on the employer rather than the employee. Second, to work more constructively rather than go for red-meat news headlines.Read the article.Latinos & US Economy
UCLA Professors Raul Hinojosa and Cesar Chavez urge Washington to use immigration reform as a means to get out of the current recession.Their study suggests that comprehensive reform could boost United States GDP by trillions of dollars. Click here for the article.,a href="http://www.nationalimmigrationreform.org/Judicial%20Review%20Proposals%20Peter%20Schey.pdf/file_view"><b>Judicial Review Proposals</b></a>
STRIVE ACT 2007: Downloadable STRIVE Documentation
- Strive Act Preliminary Review By CHRCL
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March 2007: IOLTA and EAF Recipients
The Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law provides free trainings, technical assistance, materials, and advocacy support to IOLTA and EAF recipients. If you are an IOLTA or EAF recipient please contact EAF Attorney Brooke Kirkland, at 213-388-8693 x 103 or bkirkland@centerforhumanrights.org for assistance.
Deadline is over for CSS, Newman/LULAC, and LIFE Act Cases: What's next for applicants?
Approximately 200,000 applications for CSS and Newman/LULAC temporary resident status and LIFE Act adjustment have been filed by class members. For more information about class members' rights, please select the Late Amnesty link above to the left. CSS/Newman class members whose class membership is denied by the CIS have the right to appeal to a Special Master within 30 days of being sent the denial. If you need assistance, email pschey@centerforhumanrights.org for assistance.
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