The Biden administration announced a series of policy changes in January related to parole applications for individuals from Haiti, Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, which will allow for up to 30,000 individuals from all countries to obtain parole into the United States each month. The move has been met with criticism by immigration advocates, and legal action by conservative states hoping to block the program.

Immigrant Legal Defense provides mentorship for new immigration attorneys in rural California as part of the California Immigration Legal Fellowship – an historic partnership with the state of California, which increasingly recognizes immigration legal access as a fundamental equity issue. To date, ILD has supported ten fellows at organizations in California’s Central Valley and the Central Coast – locations historically limited in their capacity to provide pro-bono direct representation and who have never before been able to represent clients in detention.