Immigration Updates
Know Your Rights Reminders
ICE enforcement tactics continue to change, making it more important than ever to know your rights and understand what to expect.
MILA Staff Attorney Ruthie Jablonsky explains ICE check-ins and how to prepare - helping you protect your safety and support stability for yourself and your family.
For more Know Your Rights (KYR) information, visit our KYR resources page.
Uncertain times call for clarity.🔮
Know your rights.
Protect yourself and your community.
We're in this with you.
For more info, visit our Know Your Rights Resources Page.
Citizenship Test Updates
Planning to apply for citizenship? Things recently changed. After 16 years, a new Naturalization test has been introduced. Beginning October 20, 2025, any person applying for U.S. Citizenship has been required to take a different version of the test, which: is Longer: 128 questions instead of 100; Includes all new versions of the questions; Is More Rigorous: You will be verbally asked 20 questions must answer 12 out of 20 correctly to pass.
Contact our Naturalization team for Naturalization Test support:
📨 mila@mhspokane.org
☎️ call/text 509.309.8404
📍 visit our MILA office, 201 West Main Avenue, Spokane, WA
The New Registration Requirement
Like many of the administration's recent immigration policies, the new Registration Requirement has been the cause of both fear and confusion.
Ruthie Jablonsky, Manzanita House Immigration Attorney, explains this new requirement [in both English and Spanish] - dispelling misinformation and offering additional resources to answer your remaining questions.
Watch (and share) the below videos to equip yourself with the correct knowledge to advocate for yourself and your immigrant community.
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English
Actualización sobre el reciente anuncio del gobierno respecto al registro de inmigración.
Recursos adicionales:
Manzanita House Spokane - Know Your Rights Resources Page
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Update on the government's recent announcement regarding immigration registration.
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Parole Termination Emails
Ruthie Jablonsky, Manzanita House Immigration Attorney, explains the recent parole termination emails [in both English and Spanish] - dispelling misinformation and offering additional resources to answer your remaining questions.
Watch (and share) the below videos to equip yourself with the correct knowledge to advocate for yourself and your immigrant community.
Spanish
English
Actualizacion sobre las noticias recientes del gobierno federal sobre la terminacion del parol.
Recursos adicionales:
Sigue a Manzanita House en las redes sociales:
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Update on the government's recent parole termination emails.
Additional resources:
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Immigration Court Rights
Sam Smith, Manzanita House Co-Founder, Director of Immigrant Legal Aid, and Immigration Attorney, shares about your rights when in immigration court.
Travel Ban Updates
Sam Smith, Manzanita House Co-Founder, Director of Immigrant Legal Aid, and Immigration Attorney, explains the recent travel bans (June 2025).
Are all asylum seekers here illegally?
QUESTION: Are all asylum seekers here illegally?
ANSWER: No.
When it comes to immigration facts and terminology, there's a lot of misinformation and miscommunication. Celia Vigil, one of our DOJ Accredited Representatives, answers a commonly misunderstood topic: asylum.
MYTH OR FACT?: Immigration Court
Myth or Fact?: If someone is in immigration court, that means they broke the law and therefore are criminals.
Answer: Myth.
When it comes to immigration facts and terminology, there's a lot of misinformation and miscommunication. Melissa Main, one of our Immigrant Legal Aid Staff Attorneys, speaks to a commonly misconstrued topic: immigration court.
[It is important to note that immigration court is not a criminal court. You cannot be convicted of a crime in immigration court. It is an administrative court that determines whether someone is entitled to remain in the United States or will be removed.]
