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NIJC has a new Chicago address at 111 W. Jackson Blvd, Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60604 and a new email domain at @immigrantjustice.org.

A mother who is an NIJC client and fled gang threats petitioned the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to stop her deportation to El Salvador where she will likely be murdered. The DHS Asylum Office rejected the woman's request for protection, calling into question the credibility of the asylum screening process.

Reuters: Salvadoran jailed in U.S. appeals deportation to international body (3/15/2016)

EFE / Univisión: Salvadoreña en Illinois pide a la CIDH que evite su deportación por miedo a las pandillas (3/15/2016)

Lawyer Herald: Jailed Salvadoran seeks asylum in the U.S. (3/17/2016)