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- As the Trump administration promises to increase immigration enforcement activity, Chicago Public Schools affirms itself as a safe place for all students and distributes important "know your rights" information from NIJC to its schools and families. Read the article.
- Trisha Teofilo Olave de NIJC explica la importancia de estar informados en un evento en Albany Park. Ver el video.
- Karina, a courageous NIJC client, shared her story of fleeing her home in El Salvador to save her life, traveling to the United States alone as a child, and fighting against a system that sometimes seems set up to send her back to the danger she fled. Read the article.
- NIJC's Mark Fleming talks about several lawsuits NIJC and others have filed challenging the legality and constitutionality of immigration detainers and local police collaboration to enforce federal immigration laws, and what these legal challenges mean in an era of harsh enforcement under President…
- This dad and grandfather grew up in the U.S. but was deported and is separated from his family indefinitely with no legal route to reunite with them--all because of mistakes he made years ago. NIJC's Claudia Valenzuela talks about the struggles detention and deportation cause for individuals and…
- Vanessa Esparza-López, abogada supervisor de NIJC, contesta a preguntas sobre el estatus de DACA en este momento. Ver el vídeo.
- NIJC filed a lawsuit against against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio challenging Maricopa County’s policy of honoring immigration detainers--meaning the local police holds individuals until immigration authorities can pick them up--without a warrant. The new Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone…
- NIJC, La Casa de Amistad, and the Islamic Society of Michiana held a legal information session for community members in the wake of President Trump's executive orders on immigration. Watch the segment below or on WNDU's website. jwplayer.key="Xb4pq7jNsbZ4Vfx+msWU558xEnsZPO4TpfmMIQ=="; …
- Media outlets sought out NIJC's analysis, expertise, and commentary after President Trump issued an executive order suspending refugees' and immigrants' entry into the United States. Sinclair Broadcast Group: A closer look at the fight over President Trump's immigration executive order (2/7/2017…
- The City of Chicago announced the Legal Protection Fund which, in partnership with NIJC and The Resurrection Project, will expand access to deportation defense and legal services for immigrants in Chicago. Public Radio International's The World: To protect their immigrant…