Dozens of individuals and organizations, including members of Congress, former immigration and consular officers, the American Bar Association, law professors, advocates, and faith-based groups, have signed amicus briefs submitted this week to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of California civil rights attorney Sandra Muñoz.
Azadeh Erfani, senior policy analyst at NIJC, responded to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision today to allow Texas Senate Bill 4 (S.B. 4) to go into effect while the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals considers its constitutionality: “With this decision, the U.S. Supreme Court opens the doors for one of the most extremist and anti-immigrant policies in U.S. history to…
For too long, extremist lawmakers and commentators have shaped the immigration debate through misinformation and rhetoric that demonizes people seeking safety and a better life.
Over the weekend, the public finally saw the text of a proposed federal funding bill that senators and White House officials have been negotiating for weeks behind closed doors.
In August 2019, U.S. the Trump administration carried out massive workplace raids on chicken processing plants across Central Mississippi, arresting 680 Indigenous, Latino, and immigrant poultry workers.
In August 2019, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) carried out massive workplace raids on chicken processing plants across Central Mississippi, arresting 680 Indigenous, Latino, and immigrant poultry workers.
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review the case of Sandra Munoz, a celebrated California civil rights attorney who has been kept separated from her husband for more than eight years since a U.S. consular officer denied his visa, purportedly due to false assumptions about his tattoos.
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.
Harlem community leaders are coming together this week to call on the Biden administration to halt its plans to deport Robert Panton, a beloved father, grandfather, community leader, and youth mentor.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently issued two press statements touting the deportations of families to Central America and sharing b-roll footage of ICE putting families on deportation flights.
National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) Executive Director Mary Meg McCarthy responded with the following statement to media reports exposing allegations of abuse by Texas troopers against people attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border to seek asylum: “Dehumanizing rhetoric and policies result in inhumane actions.
The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) delivered a letter today to recently appointed Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Patrick Lechleitner, urging him to take advantage of his leadership position to address human rights and due process violations within the agency’s policy and practice.
