The Immigrant Legal Resource Center
@the-ilrc.bsky.social
The ILRC is a national nonprofit resource center that provides legal trainings, educational materials, and advocacy to advance immigrant rights
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📍California | Texas | Washington, D.C.
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📍California | Texas | Washington, D.C.
The longstanding effort to dehumanize Venezuelans reached a cruel point.
We find ourselves at a new low where our gov’t doesn't just authorize blanket maritime strikes on civilians, they unapologetically post the snuff films on gov’t social media accounts to advance their morally depraved agenda.
We find ourselves at a new low where our gov’t doesn't just authorize blanket maritime strikes on civilians, they unapologetically post the snuff films on gov’t social media accounts to advance their morally depraved agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The longstanding effort to dehumanize Venezuelans reached a cruel point.
We find ourselves at a new low where our gov’t doesn't just authorize blanket maritime strikes on civilians, they unapologetically post the snuff films on gov’t social media accounts to advance their morally depraved agenda.
We find ourselves at a new low where our gov’t doesn't just authorize blanket maritime strikes on civilians, they unapologetically post the snuff films on gov’t social media accounts to advance their morally depraved agenda.
As the Trump administration continues to circumvent legal procedures to accomplish its horrid deportation agenda, advocates are exploring every legal method to hold them accountable.
“It wasn’t ready to open, plain and simple,” affirmed Jehan Laner, one of our senior staff attorneys.
“It wasn’t ready to open, plain and simple,” affirmed Jehan Laner, one of our senior staff attorneys.
October 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
As the Trump administration continues to circumvent legal procedures to accomplish its horrid deportation agenda, advocates are exploring every legal method to hold them accountable.
“It wasn’t ready to open, plain and simple,” affirmed Jehan Laner, one of our senior staff attorneys.
“It wasn’t ready to open, plain and simple,” affirmed Jehan Laner, one of our senior staff attorneys.
There is courage and then there is immigrant courage 🧵
October 28, 2025 at 10:39 PM
There is courage and then there is immigrant courage 🧵
Private prison companies running imm detention are spending millions 💰 lobbying for anti-immigrant laws.
📈 57,000+ ppl are in detention as of Aug 2025, a record high. Most are in for-profit centers.
GEO Group has spent $700K this year alone — nearly $20M since 2020 — lobbying to expand detention.
📈 57,000+ ppl are in detention as of Aug 2025, a record high. Most are in for-profit centers.
GEO Group has spent $700K this year alone — nearly $20M since 2020 — lobbying to expand detention.
August 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Private prison companies running imm detention are spending millions 💰 lobbying for anti-immigrant laws.
📈 57,000+ ppl are in detention as of Aug 2025, a record high. Most are in for-profit centers.
GEO Group has spent $700K this year alone — nearly $20M since 2020 — lobbying to expand detention.
📈 57,000+ ppl are in detention as of Aug 2025, a record high. Most are in for-profit centers.
GEO Group has spent $700K this year alone — nearly $20M since 2020 — lobbying to expand detention.
In 287(g) jurisdictions, ENDING these contracts is an essential first step to disentangling local law enforcement from ICE 🛑
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August 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
In 287(g) jurisdictions, ENDING these contracts is an essential first step to disentangling local law enforcement from ICE 🛑
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Fascism has no place in our towns. Period.
Angelenos show cowardly masked agents of the state are not welcome – not to disappear their family members, or go on armed patrols to fish for their next victims, or terrorize schools, and not to coordinate with law enforcement to suppress free speech.
Angelenos show cowardly masked agents of the state are not welcome – not to disappear their family members, or go on armed patrols to fish for their next victims, or terrorize schools, and not to coordinate with law enforcement to suppress free speech.
June 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Fascism has no place in our towns. Period.
Angelenos show cowardly masked agents of the state are not welcome – not to disappear their family members, or go on armed patrols to fish for their next victims, or terrorize schools, and not to coordinate with law enforcement to suppress free speech.
Angelenos show cowardly masked agents of the state are not welcome – not to disappear their family members, or go on armed patrols to fish for their next victims, or terrorize schools, and not to coordinate with law enforcement to suppress free speech.
Throughout our country’s history, we have been faced with some of the most anti-immigrant political projects waged against a host of foreign-born people – from the Chinese Exclusion Act to the so-called “zero tolerance” family separation policy at the southern border.
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May 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Throughout our country’s history, we have been faced with some of the most anti-immigrant political projects waged against a host of foreign-born people – from the Chinese Exclusion Act to the so-called “zero tolerance” family separation policy at the southern border.
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Tracking ALL the tactics this admin is deploying to target immigrants can be overwhelming.
In this resource 📑 we attempt to summarize some of the 🔑 ways the Trump admin is shifting policies + practices to surveil, arrest, detain, deport, and silence immigrants and allies.
In this resource 📑 we attempt to summarize some of the 🔑 ways the Trump admin is shifting policies + practices to surveil, arrest, detain, deport, and silence immigrants and allies.
May 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Tracking ALL the tactics this admin is deploying to target immigrants can be overwhelming.
In this resource 📑 we attempt to summarize some of the 🔑 ways the Trump admin is shifting policies + practices to surveil, arrest, detain, deport, and silence immigrants and allies.
In this resource 📑 we attempt to summarize some of the 🔑 ways the Trump admin is shifting policies + practices to surveil, arrest, detain, deport, and silence immigrants and allies.
Our Earth is warming at a pace that is producing increasingly unlivable places to keep our homes, harvest our food, and stave off climate-fueled disease.
As is always the case, those with fewest resources will be the most impacted -
As is always the case, those with fewest resources will be the most impacted -
April 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Our Earth is warming at a pace that is producing increasingly unlivable places to keep our homes, harvest our food, and stave off climate-fueled disease.
As is always the case, those with fewest resources will be the most impacted -
As is always the case, those with fewest resources will be the most impacted -
The stories of 287G agreements play out the SAME across every county in which they are enforced — the damage done can be seen nationwide from Maricopa county, Arizona, to Harris County, Texas.
We must say NO to HB5580.
Check out @aclutx.bsky.social for more info on fighting back against 287G ✊🏽
We must say NO to HB5580.
Check out @aclutx.bsky.social for more info on fighting back against 287G ✊🏽
April 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The stories of 287G agreements play out the SAME across every county in which they are enforced — the damage done can be seen nationwide from Maricopa county, Arizona, to Harris County, Texas.
We must say NO to HB5580.
Check out @aclutx.bsky.social for more info on fighting back against 287G ✊🏽
We must say NO to HB5580.
Check out @aclutx.bsky.social for more info on fighting back against 287G ✊🏽
📣 NEW 📣
The Immigration Legal Fellowship Project (ILFP) is HIRING! ⚖️
The ILFP is currently hiring 2 Fellows to be placed in the Inland Empire (San Bernardino, CA) and/or Central Valley (Fresno, CA).
Follow this thread 🧵 for more details 👇🏽
The Immigration Legal Fellowship Project (ILFP) is HIRING! ⚖️
The ILFP is currently hiring 2 Fellows to be placed in the Inland Empire (San Bernardino, CA) and/or Central Valley (Fresno, CA).
Follow this thread 🧵 for more details 👇🏽
March 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
📣 NEW 📣
The Immigration Legal Fellowship Project (ILFP) is HIRING! ⚖️
The ILFP is currently hiring 2 Fellows to be placed in the Inland Empire (San Bernardino, CA) and/or Central Valley (Fresno, CA).
Follow this thread 🧵 for more details 👇🏽
The Immigration Legal Fellowship Project (ILFP) is HIRING! ⚖️
The ILFP is currently hiring 2 Fellows to be placed in the Inland Empire (San Bernardino, CA) and/or Central Valley (Fresno, CA).
Follow this thread 🧵 for more details 👇🏽
FCI Dublin closed last year due to POWERFUL survivor-led organizing following years of horrific staff sexual abuse, retaliation + medical neglect.
Survivors uncovered inhumane physical conditions at the facility, including mold, asbestos + crumbling infrastructure 🚨
Survivors uncovered inhumane physical conditions at the facility, including mold, asbestos + crumbling infrastructure 🚨
March 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
FCI Dublin closed last year due to POWERFUL survivor-led organizing following years of horrific staff sexual abuse, retaliation + medical neglect.
Survivors uncovered inhumane physical conditions at the facility, including mold, asbestos + crumbling infrastructure 🚨
Survivors uncovered inhumane physical conditions at the facility, including mold, asbestos + crumbling infrastructure 🚨
500+ people (including survivors of BOTH FCI Dublin + ICE detention) protested near the site this weekend, demanding PERMANENT closure of FCI Dublin and no new ICE facilities anywhere in California 🛑
March 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
500+ people (including survivors of BOTH FCI Dublin + ICE detention) protested near the site this weekend, demanding PERMANENT closure of FCI Dublin and no new ICE facilities anywhere in California 🛑
ICE has signaled serious interest in reopening FCI Dublin—a site of abuse and neglect—to detain immigrants, and has reportedly toured the prison TWICE in recent weeks.
How did community respond?
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How did community respond?
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March 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
ICE has signaled serious interest in reopening FCI Dublin—a site of abuse and neglect—to detain immigrants, and has reportedly toured the prison TWICE in recent weeks.
How did community respond?
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How did community respond?
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The Trump admin’s Registration requirement for most undocumented immigrants is ANOTHER hateful tactic in its campaign to cause panic and fear throughout the country.
In simple terms, Registration is a dangerous tool used by authoritarian governments to target marginalized communities.
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In simple terms, Registration is a dangerous tool used by authoritarian governments to target marginalized communities.
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February 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The Trump admin’s Registration requirement for most undocumented immigrants is ANOTHER hateful tactic in its campaign to cause panic and fear throughout the country.
In simple terms, Registration is a dangerous tool used by authoritarian governments to target marginalized communities.
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In simple terms, Registration is a dangerous tool used by authoritarian governments to target marginalized communities.
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We stand on the shoulders of GIANTS in our struggle towards liberation, inching closer to seeing the vision of a just society so many Black leaders saw on the horizon decades before our time.
They did it before us, which is how we KNOW it’s possible 📖
They did it before us, which is how we KNOW it’s possible 📖
February 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
We stand on the shoulders of GIANTS in our struggle towards liberation, inching closer to seeing the vision of a just society so many Black leaders saw on the horizon decades before our time.
They did it before us, which is how we KNOW it’s possible 📖
They did it before us, which is how we KNOW it’s possible 📖
This Black History Month, we honor + uplift the ongoing fight to undo the tools of oppression are continually used against ALL marginalized communities by uplifting the 1991 Haitian rebellion in Guantanamo Bay.
#BHM ✊🏾✊🏼✊🏿✊🏽✊🏻
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#BHM ✊🏾✊🏼✊🏿✊🏽✊🏻
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February 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This Black History Month, we honor + uplift the ongoing fight to undo the tools of oppression are continually used against ALL marginalized communities by uplifting the 1991 Haitian rebellion in Guantanamo Bay.
#BHM ✊🏾✊🏼✊🏿✊🏽✊🏻
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#BHM ✊🏾✊🏼✊🏿✊🏽✊🏻
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@pangealegal.bsky.social shared these graphic images containing step-by-step guides for emergency calling to help bring Ulises HOME by dialing 669-288-8735 ☎️
Find more info by visiting 🔗 bit.ly/freeulises
Find more info by visiting 🔗 bit.ly/freeulises
February 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
@pangealegal.bsky.social shared these graphic images containing step-by-step guides for emergency calling to help bring Ulises HOME by dialing 669-288-8735 ☎️
Find more info by visiting 🔗 bit.ly/freeulises
Find more info by visiting 🔗 bit.ly/freeulises
These red cards and, crucially, the growing community of immigrants and allies helping to disseminate them widely, are doing important work fighting the cruel deportation machine seeking to expand under this admin.
The red cards are working.
The red cards are working.
February 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
These red cards and, crucially, the growing community of immigrants and allies helping to disseminate them widely, are doing important work fighting the cruel deportation machine seeking to expand under this admin.
The red cards are working.
The red cards are working.
This excerpt not only captures how people across the country are asserting their constitutional rights – which apply to EVERYONE in the U.S., regardless of immigration status – but also gives us fuel to stay the course!
February 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
This excerpt not only captures how people across the country are asserting their constitutional rights – which apply to EVERYONE in the U.S., regardless of immigration status – but also gives us fuel to stay the course!
To date Operation Lone Star (OLS) has cost Texans nearly $11 billion 💸
Our new brief explores how misguided OLS has been for Texans from a financial perspective + provides recommendations for how OLS funds could be reinvested to support ALL Texans
Check it out 🔗 ilrc.me/ols-cost
Our new brief explores how misguided OLS has been for Texans from a financial perspective + provides recommendations for how OLS funds could be reinvested to support ALL Texans
Check it out 🔗 ilrc.me/ols-cost
February 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
To date Operation Lone Star (OLS) has cost Texans nearly $11 billion 💸
Our new brief explores how misguided OLS has been for Texans from a financial perspective + provides recommendations for how OLS funds could be reinvested to support ALL Texans
Check it out 🔗 ilrc.me/ols-cost
Our new brief explores how misguided OLS has been for Texans from a financial perspective + provides recommendations for how OLS funds could be reinvested to support ALL Texans
Check it out 🔗 ilrc.me/ols-cost
Our #KYR Red Cards were featured in a local broadcast regarding the University of Arizona’s efforts to protect their students.
We all have constitutional rights — period. Even in uncertain times, these efforts prove that community is watching, and community cares.
We all have constitutional rights — period. Even in uncertain times, these efforts prove that community is watching, and community cares.
February 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Our #KYR Red Cards were featured in a local broadcast regarding the University of Arizona’s efforts to protect their students.
We all have constitutional rights — period. Even in uncertain times, these efforts prove that community is watching, and community cares.
We all have constitutional rights — period. Even in uncertain times, these efforts prove that community is watching, and community cares.
🚨 Red Card
Language Updates 🚨
We have been successfully working with our legal translators as folks share with us language needs, and are now up to 20 languages from the OG 13!
New additions include 🇧🇷 Portuguese and Amharic:
www.ilrc.org/red-cards-ta...
#KYR ✊🏽
Language Updates 🚨
We have been successfully working with our legal translators as folks share with us language needs, and are now up to 20 languages from the OG 13!
New additions include 🇧🇷 Portuguese and Amharic:
www.ilrc.org/red-cards-ta...
#KYR ✊🏽
February 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
🚨 Red Card
Language Updates 🚨
We have been successfully working with our legal translators as folks share with us language needs, and are now up to 20 languages from the OG 13!
New additions include 🇧🇷 Portuguese and Amharic:
www.ilrc.org/red-cards-ta...
#KYR ✊🏽
Language Updates 🚨
We have been successfully working with our legal translators as folks share with us language needs, and are now up to 20 languages from the OG 13!
New additions include 🇧🇷 Portuguese and Amharic:
www.ilrc.org/red-cards-ta...
#KYR ✊🏽
Scroll to the BOTTOM of this page and you’ll see the self-print options.
From English, Arabic, French, and Hmong (with more languages coming soon — we’ve gotten requests for Brazilian Portuguese that are in the works)
From English, Arabic, French, and Hmong (with more languages coming soon — we’ve gotten requests for Brazilian Portuguese that are in the works)
January 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Scroll to the BOTTOM of this page and you’ll see the self-print options.
From English, Arabic, French, and Hmong (with more languages coming soon — we’ve gotten requests for Brazilian Portuguese that are in the works)
From English, Arabic, French, and Hmong (with more languages coming soon — we’ve gotten requests for Brazilian Portuguese that are in the works)
When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. quoted the abolitionist minister Theodore Parker in his iconic speech during the March on Washington in 1963, there was something unspoken but made appreciably clear by his profound words about the arc of the moral universe:
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January 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. quoted the abolitionist minister Theodore Parker in his iconic speech during the March on Washington in 1963, there was something unspoken but made appreciably clear by his profound words about the arc of the moral universe:
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