Immigrant Rights Groups Sue to Protect Due Process for Asylum Seekers
New Lawsuit Seeks to Stop Trump Rule that Sends Asylum Seekers to Immigration Court Without Interviews Today, immigration legal service
Recording | SCOTUS Decisions and the Impact on Immigrants
Experts from NIJC give a breakdown of how the new budget bill impacts immigration policy and immigrants in our communities.
ICE seeks to nearly quadruple fee for halting deportation orders
ICE is attempting to further punish people who already are at risk of wrongful deportation by forcing them to pay an exorbitant fee as the sole means of exercising their due process rights.
As U.S. Supreme Court Cosigns Trump’s Racist Anti-Immigrant Agenda, Congress Must Act to Protect Asylum Seekers and U.S. Communities
In two disastrous rulings today, the U.S. Supreme Court joined the Trump administration in dismantling U.S. laws that have been in place for generations to offer refuge to people fleeing persecution, violence, and natural disasters.
Crisis to Justice: How We’re Protecting Our Communities
Watch highlights of some of the most powerful stories, legal victories, and community advocacy efforts that defined the year, including Naomi’s story, a mother whose deportation was stopped at the last minute.
Trump administration short circuits due process with new mass hearings for unrepresented immigrants
This week, Chicago and Indianapolis immigration courts, along with other immigration courts across the country, began holding mass preliminary hearings, in which groups of about 30 or more people, many without lawyers, appeared together before a single judge and were pressured to expedite their removal proceedings.
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Trump: Challenging the May 2023 “Circumventing Lawful Pathways” Asylum Ban
The National Immigrant Justice Center joined the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Northern California, and Center for Gender & Refugee Studies in filing an amended complaint in East Bay Sanctuary Covenant et al. v. Biden et al., challenging the Biden administration’s asylum ban which took effect in May 2023.
Federal Appeals Court Rules Trump Proclamation Eliminating Asylum is Unlawful
A federal appeals court today ruled that President Trump’s Day 1 proclamation aimed at completely shutting down asylum at the border is unlawful.
Recording | More money, more violence: How Congress is poised to send billions more to ICE & Border Patrol
Experts from NIJC give a breakdown of how the new budget bill impacts immigration policy and immigrants in our communities.
Federal Court Blocks Significant Pieces of Administration’s Sweeping Immigration Appeals Rule That Eliminates Meaningful Judicial Review
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued an order in Amica Center for Immigrant Rights et al. v. Executive Office for Immigration Review et al., blocking significant pieces of the Trump-Vance administration’s new policy that sought to eliminate meaningful appellate review before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA).
5 Things We Are Demanding for Our Communities That You Won’t Hear About in the SOTU
As President Trump takes the podium for the 2026 State of the Union address, we anticipate a lot of hateful
Recording | Protecting Immigrant Rights in 2026: A Briefing with NIJC Experts
Experts from NIJC give a breakdown of how the new budget bill impacts immigration policy and immigrants in our communities.