Administrative Advocacy
Through its administrative advocacy efforts, CLINIC seeks to improve practices of the DHS and the EOIR. CLINIC plays an important liaison role between its local member agencies and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Through its member and colleague agencies, CLINIC regularly surfaces problems that impact immigrants and their families as they attempt to navigate our nation’s complex immigration laws and policies. CLINIC documents problems in the field, issues monitoring and legal reports, identifies solutions, and meets regularly with the various DHS agencies noted above to resolve these issues. CLINIC also comments on proposed federal regulations and advocates for appropriate revisions and supports its affiliate members with local advocacy efforts. For more information, contact CLINIC’s Director of Advocacy, Allison Posner at aposner@cliniclegal.org.