NIJC’s Jennifer Babaie testifies at Senate Judiciary Spotlight Forum on ICE Detention
At a hearing led by Senator Dick Durbin on July 29, 2026, NIJC’s Associate Director of Adult Detention Project, Jennifer
Costly & Inhumane: Trump’s Mass Deportation Tactics Escalate, Continue to Harm Our Chicago Neighbors
Six months after the wind-down of the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz terrorized Chicagoland communities, our neighbors continue to languish
Representation saves lives and new data proves it
As we witness new attacks on immigrants in our communities every day, access to counsel has never been more important. Having solid legal advice in a quickly
DHS Is Detering Immigrants From Court and Planning to Charge Them $18,000
For months, the Trump administration has deterred immigrants from attending their hearings through fear tactics and late notices that give people little time to prepare. Now the administration proposes to charge people $18,000 if they are arrested after being ordered removed for missing a hearing.
Deporting Women and Children First
House Plan to Pass Anti-Children, Anti-Family, and Anti-Asylum H.R. 9773 Is Abdication of Congress’ Commitment to Freedom
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.
NIJC’s Jesse Franzblau testifies at shadow hearing on the harmful tech behind ICE
At a hearing led by Congresswoman Delia Ramirez on July 14, 2026, NIJC’s Associate Director of Policy, Jesse Franzblau, testified
NIJC renews calls to rescind ICE funding and pursue accountability for its growing deadly record
In one week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has shot and killed two people in broad daylight on U.S. streets.
NIJC decries Congress’s $70 billion blank check for ICE and CBP’s mass detention and deportation agenda
Congress passed a bill to send about $70 billion in new funding to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), nearly one year after writing the Trump administration another blank check with taxpayer money worth over $170 billion.
Taxpayers Are Not ICE’s Cash Cow
Congress’s hypocrisy revealed: Leaders release plans for $30 billion more for mass detention and deportations as Congress votes on additional
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.
Immigrant Children Advocates Urge Congress to Vote No on $71 Billion in New Funds for ICE and Border Patrol
Acacia Center for Justice, National Center for Youth Law, National Immigrant Justice Center, and Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights Urge Congress to Vote No on $71 Billion in New Funds for ICE and Border Patrol.