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.
Today, the House Committee on Homeland Security will markup the Border Reinforcement Act of 2023 , a bill filled with extreme anti-immigrant rhetoric and proposals.
CHICAGO (July 14, 2022) – The U.S. immigration system routinely detains and deports immigrants based on their prior contact with the U.S. criminal legal system, depriving them of freedom and livelihood on the basis of a single document: a police report.
CHICAGO, IL – On Friday, March 4, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that the U.S. government cannot expel families to places where they may face persecution or torture.
Three years ago, the Trump administration began the Migrant Protection Protocols, also known as MPP or “Remain in Mexico.” Through this cruel program, U.S. government officials force people seeking refuge at the border to wait in dangerous conditions in Mexico while their case proceeds in court in the United States.
Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, the Senate parliamentarian issued a devastating advisory opinion, choosing to exclude immigration reform provisions in the Build Back Better Act and once again delaying life-saving measures to millions of undocumented people in communities across the country.
NIJC Attorneys’ Observations During First Week of MPP Reimplementation Affirm Advocates’ Warnings: There is No Way to Fix the Inhumane “Remain in Mexico” Program EL PASO, TEXAS (December 15, 2021) – Since December 9, National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) attorneys have attempted to offer consultations and interview accompaniment to individuals detained in Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody in El…
This past year presented many hardships, as we continued to brave a global health crisis, fight for racial justice, and witness people seeking safety being turned away at our borders.
NIJC Condemns the Biden Administration For Expanding and Reinstating the Dangerous and Inhumane Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP): MPP Survivor Shares Her Reaction Today the Biden administration announced its intention to begin returning asylum seekers to Mexico through the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) program.
Washington, D.C. — The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) welcomes the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) long overdue issuance of a new memorandum terminating the inherently inhumane and unlawful Migration Protection Protocols (MPP), otherwise known as the “Remain in Mexico” program.
This summer, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of Justice’s Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) published a joint proposed rule regarding asylum processing; the agencies state their intended goal in issuing the rule is bringing efficiency and fairness to asylum processing at the border.
