Chance to Come Home
A Campaign to Reunite Families and Communities & End Unjust Deportations For decades, the U.S. immigration system has deported thousands
NIJC Celebrates Congressional Resolution Highlighting Harms of Deportation & Need for Chance to Come Home
The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) joined U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05) yesterday to introduce a new congressional resolution seeking to address the injustices and harms of deportation on U.S. families and communities.
Harlem Community Leader Robert Panton Requests Presidential Pardon to Halt His Deportation
A renowned community leader from Harlem, New York, who has lived in the United States for 50 years filed an emergency request today asking President Biden to pardon a decades-old drug conviction so that he may avoid imminent deportation.
Celebrating Pro Bono Service for Immigrants and Asylum Seekers
This week during National Pro Bono Week, we celebrate the more than 2,000 volunteer attorneys, legal staff, and language professionals who tirelessly defend immigrants in partnership with the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC).
Members of Congress and Immigrant Rights Advocates Ask Secretary Mayorkas to Create a “Chance to Come Home” for Unjustly Deported People
Members of Congress joined with immigrant rights advocates on Tuesday to call on the Biden administration to offer unjustly deported people a chance to return to their families and communities in the United States.
New Campaign Calls On Biden Administration To Give Unjustly Deported Immigrants A Chance To Come Home To The U.S.
NIJC, Deported People and Families, Members of Congress, and Partner Organizations Urge U.S. Government to Remedy Unjust Deportations The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC), along with members of Congress, unjustly deported immigrants and their family members, and immigrant rights advocates, launched a new campaign today calling on the Biden administration to create a centralized system for people who have been…
Deported U.S. Navy Veteran Howard Bailey Returns Home After a Decade in Exile
NIJC and IDP Celebrate Mr.
Civil Rights Groups Send Letter to DHS Secretary Calling for a Meaningful Opportunity to Return Home for Those Unjustly Deported
85 Organizations Request Meeting to Discuss Proposal to Establish a Centralized Process to Facilitate the Return of Deported Individuals The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC), We Are Home campaign, and 85 civil rights organizations and law school clinics sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urging the administration to facilitate and expedite the return of unjustly deported individuals….
Immigrants, families, and advocates call on Biden admin to offer the unjustly deported a chance to come home
NIJC releases new white paper proposing the creation of a DHS office to facilitate requests to return to U.S. WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 28, 2021) — Deported community members and their families joined immigrant rights advocates to unveil a proposal for the Biden administration to establish a meaningful chance to come home for people who have been unjustly removed from the…