Research

Six months after the wind-down of the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz terrorized Chicagoland communities, our neighbors continue to languish […]

Since early September 2025, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents, in collaboration with other federal agencies, have unlawfully taken thousands […]

Congress imposed exorbitant fees for immigration applications — then the Trump administration made it even worse.

The massive reconciliation budget bill signed by President Trump on July 4, 2025 presents a generational threat to democracy and […]

The reconciliation bill (i.e, the Big Bad Betrayal) presents a generational threat to democracy and community safety. The bill has […]

A Guide for Members of Congress Visiting ICE Jails Updated June 2025 Since President Trump returned to office, the federal […]

The U.S. government’s use of criminal sanctions against migrants has grown exponentially over recent decades as part of intentionally punitive, […]

The U.S. government spends over three billion a year on the largest immigration detention apparatus in the world to detain and deport people who have lived in the U.S. for decades or who arrived recently seeking safety or a better life.

For 40 years, the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) has provided expert immigration legal services to vulnerable immigrants.

Legal service providers and border organizations report rampant due process and human rights violations and inconsistent and confusing application of new rule Image Securing the Border .” These executive actions, which went into effect immediately, severely limit eligibility for asylum protections for the majority of people arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border without regard to the viability of their legal claims...

Asylum in the United States is a lifesaving necessity for LGBTQ and HIV-positive people. For decades, many have fled to the United States to seek refuge from persecution and torture. However, the United States subjects hundreds of thousands of people yearly, including LGBTQ and HIV-positive people, to its massive network of jails and prisons.

Since 1997, the Flores settlement agreement has set basic standards of care for the custody, care, and release of all children in federal immigration custody, including unaccompanied immigrant children.