Winnfield, LA - An LGBTQ+ asylum-seeker in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody at a Louisiana county jail is calling for a civil rights investigation into the physical and homophobic verbal abuse he has experienced at the facility while in solitary confinement under protective custody…
Advocates urge the administration to divest from detention and invest in communities
WASHINGTON D.C. (August 17, 2021) — Today, 131 organizations published a statement for the Biden administration outlining the top immigration priorities that must be included in the country’s budget for Fiscal…
The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) celebrates the U.S. Senate’s passage early this morning of a budget resolution that includes a path to citizenship for immigrant youth, people with Temporary Protected Status, farmworkers, and other essential workers. This marks a major milestone and…
National Immigrant Justice Center, FWD.us Release New Findings Underscoring Need to Uphold the Right to Asylum, and Protect Vulnerable People
WASHINGTON, DC — A new report released today from the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) and FWD.us, Pushing Back Protection: How Offshoring and…
NIJC Celebrates Illinois’ Bold Action to Defend Justice for Immigrants
CHICAGO — The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) celebrates today’s enactment of a new state law that opposes the harmful U.S. immigration detention and deportation system and defends access to justice for immigrants in…
Washington, DC (July 30, 2021) The Biden administration has entrenched its use of two anti-asylum policies that have blocked asylum seekers from seeking safety, separated families, and caused immeasurable harm. The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) strongly condemns the administration’s…
Two immigrant men detained in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody at a Kentucky county jail have requested an investigation by federal civil rights authorities into abusive and unsanitary conditions they have experienced at the facility, including inadequate COVID-19 protections.
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NIJC Calls on Congress to Pass Broad Citizenship Bill via Reconciliation
CHICAGO (July 16, 2021) - National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) Executive Director Mary Meg McCarthy issued the following statement in light of today’s ruling by a Texas district court judge…
A group of 89 organizations that advocate for the rights of immigrants, people seeking protection, and refugees are calling on the Biden administration to ensure a proposed new program intended to help migrants navigate the U.S. legal system will not be managed by the same agency charged with…
The following statement is from National Immigrant Justice Center Director of Policy Heidi Altman following the Senate confirmation hearing for Ed Gonzalez, nominee to become the next director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE):
“It was difficult to hear the political rhetoric of…