Local attorneys and advocates are preparing Alaska's immigrant communities for a potential shift in immigration policy under the Trump administration. With a history of high immigration under Biden, advocates are focusing on educating immigrants about their rights and how to handle potential encounters with immigration authorities.
Immigration attorneys Nicolás Olano and Lara Nations, photographed at Nations Law Group on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025 in Anchorage.
Local advocates say they have set out to meet what they say is a profound need among immigrant communities: the need for information. That includes 2.5 million asylum-seekers awaiting their claims, hundreds of thousands of people granted humanitarian parole from countries like Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Ukraine and Afghanistan, and the half-million undocumented people brought to the U.S. as children who are protected under an Obama-era law, according to the
Mara Kimmel is executive director of ACLU Alaska. Photographed in her office on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. provided advice and information at two information sessions aimed at different populations in the state. In December, the group was invited to present on knowing your rights as a non-citizen for a Pacific Islander audience at an Anchorage gathering.
Nations advises undocumented or under-documented people contact an immigration attorney to get “accurate immigration advice ... about their specific situation.” In all scenarios, attorneys advise people dealing with any law enforcement officer or federal agent to remain calm and polite, and not to run away, lie, or give false documents.They are also suggesting that families make emergency plans for themselves, and particularly their children, in the event a parent is detained, arrested, or deported.
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