- NIJC National Litigation Coordinator Mark Fleming offers some insight into the prospect of Illinois Governor Pat Quinn's office legally challenging U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over the Secure Communities program, which allows fingerprint-sharing between state and local law…
- On September 17, 2011 the U.S. Department of Homeland Security held a public hearing in Chicago, one of several across the country, on the controversial Secure Communities program, which allows fingerprint-sharing between state and local law enforcement agencies, the FBI, and U.S. Immigration and…
- On August 11, 2011, NIJC filed a class action lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the immigration detainers the Department of Homeland Security issues to request that local police hold individuals after their own authority has expired, until immigration officers arrive to take the…
- Heartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center Executive Director Mary Meg McCarthy (second from left) met with First Lady of Mexico Margarita Zavala (third from left) and Illinois officials on August 4, 2011, to discuss protections for unaccompanied immigrant youth. Other attendees were (…
- In a letter to the editor NIJC Executive Director Mary Meg McCarthy noted the problems with lack of access to counsel in the immigration detention system, particularly for vulnerable populations held in isolated areas.Read the article here
- Margaret H. Marshall, first woman to serve as chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court, discussed the importance of access to counsel for all people during her keynote address at Heartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center's 12th Annual Midwest Light of Human Rights Awards.Read…
- Honor students Carlos and Rafael Robles, NIJC clients, were arrested by U.S. Customs & Border Patrol after being questioned about their nationality on an Amtrak train and were put in deportation proceedings. NIJC requested prosecutorial discretion in accordance with the Obama administration’s…
- The Associated Press covered the overburdened immigration court system in a series of articles in April 2011. The coverage was picked up by hundreds of news websites across the country.ABC News: Immigration Court: Troubled System, Long Waits (4/6/2011)boston.com: A long wait, mother looks to court…
- Rep. Luis Gutierrez voices his strong support for any immigration reform package to include rights for same-sex couples in binational relationships.NIJC's Eric Berndt, supervising attorney for the National Asylum Partnership on Sexual Minorities, comments on the importance of including the rights…
- Eric Berndt, supervising attorney for NIJC's National Asylum Partnership on Sexual Minorities, commented on the obstacles LGBT individuals face when applying for asylum in the United States.Listen to the story here