In a field hearing today in Chicago, over a dozen members are examining Trump’s unlawful and aggressive actions in Chicago and meeting with witnesses who have experienced personal trauma, constitutional violations, and labor implications.
The claims against the Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies detail the shocking experiences of residents at the hands of federal agents who stormed the building, broke down doors without warrants, and rounded up adults and children alike at gunpoint in the middle of the night.
On March 5, 2025, the House Oversight Committee is holding a hearing targeting Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago’s “Welcoming City Ordinance,” along with mayors of other cities with welcoming laws.
The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a decision affirming an October 2025 ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey Cummings which extended the Castañon Nava Consent Decree and ordered the release of individuals unlawfully arrested without warrants by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol officers.
Lawsuit Seeks to Block New Policy that Keeps Noncitizens with Pending Immigration Applications from Completing Biometric Collection Washington, D.C. —
Experts from NIJC give a breakdown of how the new budget bill impacts immigration policy and immigrants in our communities.
In a field hearing today in Chicago, over a dozen members are examining Trump’s unlawful and aggressive actions in Chicago and meeting with witnesses who have experienced personal trauma, constitutional violations, and labor implications.
Congress has the opportunity to put a stop to the violence inflicted by ICE and CBP’s Border Patrol by cutting the agencies’ fiscal year funding, demanding meaningful policy changes to end the impunity for the discriminatory abuses, and redirecting funds from their already bloated budgets to better fund programs that support the safety and wellness of U.S. communities.
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).
Kristi Noem was the most recent figurehead, but not the root cause of the myriad problems with DHS and its terrorizing treatment of our communities.
As President Trump takes the podium for the 2026 State of the Union address, we anticipate a lot of hateful
Updates on litigation efforts to enforce the Castañon Nava consent decree and limit warrantless arrests during ICE immigration raids
