Appleseed works to ensure that immigrants are well served by their communities and afforded the rights and opportunities they need to become full and productive members of American society. Launched in 2006, our Immigrant Policy Program focuses on improving immigration law, policy and practice.
NEW! Scroll down to learn about our new manual for protecting the legal, parental, and financial rights of immigrants facing the deportation process.
Click here to read about Appleseed's ongoing efforts to reform the immigration court system as part of our groundbreaking Assembly Line Injustice project.
In addition to our efforts to improve immigrant access to financial institutions, Appleseed and its network of Centers are pursuing several important projects. Foci include the role of local law enforcement in immigration matters; state education policies; immigrant worker rights; immigrant detention in state and county jails; health care access for non-citizens; and due process protections in the justice system for non-citizens.

Protecting Assets & Child Custody in the Face of Deportation   The U.S. deported more than 358,000 immigrants in 2008, the sixth consecutive year of record-high deportations. Whether or not someone has a right to stay in the country, or an ability to enforce that right, he or she is entitled to a final paycheck and is not by law stripped of all financial rights or child custody. But in fact, persons being deported not only often lose their U.S. community and family security, but also the assets they have built up and to which they are entitled. This manual guides volunteer lawyers and non-lawyer practitioners through important financial and family rights threatened by the deportation process. Click on the icon to the left to read the manual.