Toolkit | Immigration Detention Oversight and Accountability
A Guide for Members of Congress Visiting ICE Jails Updated June 2025 Since President Trump returned to office, the federal
Transparency Project
The National Immigrant Justice Center’s (NIJC) Transparency Project, uses Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and open records laws to uncover abuses in the U.S. immigration detention and enforcement system.
Exposing human rights violations behind laws that criminalize migration | Transparency Project
The U.S. government’s use of criminal sanctions against migrants has grown exponentially over recent decades as part of intentionally punitive,
Testimony: Town of Farmville Should Stop Secret Dealings with Private Prison Company & Cut Ties With ICE
On February 14, 2024, the Farmville Town Council in Virginia held a public hearing and again heard testimony from people expressing opposition to the privately operated U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center located in the town.
Policy Brief | Beyond Repair: ICE’s Abusive Detention Inspection and Oversight System
The U.S. immigration detention system has grown under the Biden administration at an alarming rate.
Newly Released Records Show Abusive Policies Continue Under Guise of Deterrence
FOIA litigation sheds light on guidance behind migration-related prosecutions Newly disclosed records obtained by NIJC through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation reveal that the Biden administration is resorting to harmful and widely discredited immigration enforcement programs that are based on a deterrence approach to border management.
The Biden Administration is Expanding Private Immigration Detention
NIJC, DWN Condemn Broken Commitments to End Abusive For-Profit Incarceration The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) and Detention Watch Network (DWN) condemn the Biden administration’s move this week to expand its use of private prisons for immigrant detention and demand that the president reverse course quickly to abide by his campaign promises to end the use of for-profit immigrant detention…
Illinois jail to close. Releases must follow.
Earlier this week, Pulaski County in Illinois gave notice that it will no longer detain people in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody in the Pulaski County Jail.
Policy Brief | The Dark Money Trail Behind Private Detention: Immigration Centers of America-Farmville
Designed to ensure profitability for shareholders , private detention largely operates in the shadows, leaving communities in the dark about the operations of new and existing facilities.
Testimony Before Congress: End Abusive Immigration Detention
On Thursday, September 26, the House Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing about expansion of the abusive and already sprawling immigration detention system.
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NIJC Opposes Dwight, Illinois, Proposal to Build a New Private Immigration Prison
The village board of Dwight, Illinois, a town of 4,000 people about 90 miles south of Chicago, will vote tonight on whether to become the site of a new 1,200-bed private immigrant prison.
NIJC Urges Congress to Oppose Proposed DHS Spending Bill
The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) urges Congress to oppose the proposed funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which is up for a vote this week.