NIJC Responds to U.S. Government Use of Tear Gas at the Southern Border

Keep families together, prevent a neighbor's deportation, and protect people seeking safety.

$50

Supports a month of secure phone calls with a lawyer

$100

Provides a legal consultation to keep a family together

$300

Screens 10 people for a workshop to apply for asylum

Media Inquiries

Contact NIJC Communications Director Tara Tidwell Cullen at (312) 833-2967 or by email.

Statement of NIJC Executive Director Mary Meg McCarthy

Firing tear gas at men, women, and children seeking asylum is a human rights violation.

NIJC urges Americans to call members of Congress and demand they speak out to oppose this unconscionable act of force by the U.S. government.

ACT NOW: Call the Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to speak to your senators and representative.