On Dec. 11 The Office of Inspector General released its report on its unannounced inspections of immigration detention centers, finding serious human rights violations. The investigation was prompted by reports from the NIJC and other immigrant and civil rights groups. Read the full NIJC…

On November 30, the National Immigrant Justice Center released a report detailing the lack of access to legal counsel for asylum seekers detained at the private for-profit Cibola County Correctional Center, located in Cibola New Mexico. The report details the systemic violation of…

Legal interpreters are a necessity for non-English speakers in the court. Due to the many languages immigrants speak, finding an interpreter may be hard, especially if a person speaks an indigenous language. Champaign, Illinois is making an effort to meet the need of Mayan interpreters in…

2017 was a tumultuous year for immigration policy. Since President Trump was sworn into office Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security sought more ways to gain power and rip families apart. NIJC was among the advocacy groups that fought…

Community members in Elkhart County, Indiana, organized and defeated the construction of a new immigration detention prison by private prison company CoreCivic (formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America, or CCA). Wall Street Journal: Why One Trump County Rejected an Immigration-…

Federal prosecutors are increasingly pressing detained immigrants to sign away their rights through plea bargains that dramatically decrease their ability to seek asylum or other immigration protection before they are deported deportation. NIJC Detention Project Director Claudia Valenzuela told The…

"Immigration and Customs vows to at least quadruple the time spent searching for undocumented immigrants at their places of work next year and former officials say that means accessing an FBI database rich with 56 million fingerprints from caregivers and other prospective hires subject to…

NIJC client Gretta Soto Moreno, a transgender woman and asylum seeker, suffered abuse and trauma at the hands of officers while she was being held in immigration detention. Fortunately, Gretta was released on bond in 2016 due to the federal court ruling Jennings v. Rodriguez, which…

Politico's investigation of the Department of Justice's detailing of immigration judges to "surge courts" relied on NIJC Transparency Project data obtained via Freedom of Information Act and found that not only did the shifting of judges extend case delays at interior immigration courts, but that…

After President Trump met with Senator Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, many thought a "deal," to protect 800,000 DACAmented in the U.S. was imminent. However, Trump's tune changed quickly after he released his list of hardline requests in exchange for a DACA deal. In those…