Practice advisory for immigration lawyers regarding Congress's Fiscal Year 2022 appropriations law provision supporting the return of individuals who are unjustly deported from the United States.
Email template to contact the field office juvenile coordinator regarding an unaccompanied child who is approaching their 18th birthday, or who has already turned 18 and is in ICE custody.
Guidance for legal representatives on the meaning of the Garcia Ramirez decision when representing unaccompanied children who are approaching their 18th birthdays.
NIJC's Pro Bono Program continues to expand with opportunities available to volunteers and clients served across the United States. Here is a general overview of our Pro Bono Program.
NIJC discusses the impending end of immigration detention in Illinois and what legal advocates can do to fight for the release of immigrants detained in facilities that will soon close.
As we wind down another calendar year we reflect on the strength, perseverance and heart required in the fight for human rights, especially for immigrants.
Led by NIJC, pro bono attorneys will learn how to prepare an asylum claim and represent an asylum seeker in immigration court or before the asylum office.
Join us for updates on these troubling developments in the U.S. immigration detention system and how you can get involved in ongoing efforts to resist this harmful expansion.
Certain Chicago Immigration Judges have announced that they will be holding all hearings via WebEx, which raises concerns about due process protections for noncitizens in removal proceedings, particularly asylum seekers.
Authors from NIJC's policy team and FWD.us discuss their recently released report, "Pushing Back Protection: How Offshoring and Externalization Imperil the Right to Asylum."
This manual and Illinois crimes chart covers immigration consequences for Illinois crimes and provides defense attorneys with tools to zealously advocate for non-citizen clients in criminal court.