Sponsored by the National Immigration Project, this listserv provides sample briefs, strategy ideas, and other information to assist advocates working on this issue. The listserv will also inform list members about DHS enforcement policies regarding Operation Community Shield and similar programs in different parts of the country.
If you'd like to join, please e-mail Ana Manigat.

Advocacy Actions

• Response to ICE's Announcement on Recent Community Shield Arrests (3/16/06)
• Protest Actions/Press Conferences Information Kit (contains background on issue, talking points for advocates/communities, and profiles of individuals affected by Community Shield and other dragnet enforcement initiatives (12/20/05)
• Press release announcing 12/20/05 actions
• National Immigration Project Action Alert: Gang Bill Hurts Immigrants and Their Families (8/3/05)

Legal and Policy Resources

We have posted decisions, briefs, and other resources that may aid advocates working on this issue.

Documents relating to grant of asylum by immigration court

• Immigration court decision granting asylum
• Immigration court decision granting asylum (annotated table of contents)
• Brief in support of application for asylum

Documents relating to BIA's affirmance of IJ's grant of withholding of removal

• BIA decision affirming withholding of removal
• Respondent's brief filed with BIA

If you have any resources that you'd like to contribute to this page, please e-mail Associate Director Paromita Shah.

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