The Trump administration has prioritized and drastically increased the use of federal prosecutions for immigration-related offenses, including for simply entering the United States or reentering after removal without permission.
To advance its mass deportation agenda, the Trump administration has reached for any power it can find to remove people from the country as quickly as possible and without due process. One of these power grabs is the administration’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. This explainer from the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights and National Immigrant Justice Center reviews the danger of the act’s application to children, the response from courts and experts, and the precarious use of gang and terrorism designations underpinning Trump’s use of this law.
NIJC Statement for the Record: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Hearing with Sanctuary State Governors The National Immigrant
Immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers are increasingly targeted for harsh criminal penalties and detention without due process, fueling mass incarceration and tearing apart families and communities.
The Trump administration issued an Executive Order on April 28 in a new attack on jurisdictions that protect all residents regardless of immigration status.
A beloved father, grandfather, and youth mentor from Harlem, New York, who has lived in the United States for more than 50 years, was detained Tuesday in New York City during a scheduled check-in at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office.
Bill Dismantles Due Process and Upends the U.S. Justice System After failing for decades to pass legislation to create a functional U.S. immigration system that is fair and humane, yesterday Congress passed a dangerous and wide-ranging anti-immigrant bill that will upend due process across the American justice system, put decision-making power in people’s deportation cases at the mercy of state…
A Honduran asylum seeker narrowly escaped death in Honduras.
Racist immigration prosecutions block asylum access and separate families The Biden administration announced today plans to increase its reliance on criminal prosecutions for immigration violations.
Yesterday, NIJC filed a complaint on behalf of an individual, A.R.*, who is experiencing severe abuses and life-threatening conditions in immigration detention.
The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) denounces the Biden administration’s continued deportations of asylum seekers to Haiti, a country which the administration itself has acknowledged to be unsafe and unstable.
The Biden administration released a new proposed rule yesterday adding more restrictions to already compromised asylum systems at the U.S.-Mexico border.
