Bill backed by broad coalition would make Illinois a national leader in welcoming immigrants, provide strongest statewide protections in the country
(CHICAGO, IL) - After hundreds of community leaders visited their state legislators, thousands of residents called the governor’s office, and…
In dissenting opinion, federal judge decries lack of legal representation in immigration proceedings
New York City – After U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) subjected a U.S. citizen to three and a half years in remote detention and threats of deportation, he brought a lawsuit seeking…
Yesterday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a new front in the administration’s war against states and localities that dare to protect the trust and safety of immigrant communities. The Department of Justice seeks to impose new restrictions on federal funding for local law enforcement…
Today, in another legal blow to U.S. Immigration and Custom’s Enforcement’s (ICE) use of immigration detainers, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decided that police or judicial authorities’ practice of holding people pursuant to federal immigration detainers violates Massachusetts law. This…
Trump Administration Must Maintain DACA Until Congress Passes a Permanent Legislative Solution for Immigrant Youth
Statement by Mary Meg McCarthy, Executive Director, Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center
Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) welcomes the…
Statement of Mary Meg McCarthy, executive director, Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center
The Hawaii court’s decision stands as yet another affirmation of the executive branch's overreach in its efforts to ban refugees and Muslim travelers from the United States. The ruling—which…
Statement of Mary Meg McCarthy, executive director, Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center
According to media reports, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has confirmed it will begin arresting the undocumented parents, guardians, and sponsors of unaccompanied immigrant…
Statement of Mary Meg McCarthy, Executive Director, Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center
Today’s Supreme Court decision on President Trump’s travel and refugee executive orders will have disastrous consequences for travelers from Muslim-majority countries and refugees worldwide.…
The U.S. Supreme Court this week found that the Immigration and Naturalization Act’s provisions on citizenship discriminated on the basis of gender, by allowing unmarried U.S. citizen mothers to convey citizenship to their children more easily than other U.S. citizens. Unfortunately, the Court held…
A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court today rejected the government’s draconian view of the aggravated felony definition in the context of statutory rape offenses. The government has argued for over a decade that statutory rape offenses are aggravated felonies, even misdemeanor offenses involving high…