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- The National Immigrant Justice Center released a report today examining the abuses and racism inherent in the U.S. government’s system of prosecutions that punishes people for entering the United States without authorization. Set against the backdrop of the rampant spread of COVID-19 inside U.S.…
- The House Appropriations Committee this week proposed a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spending bill for fiscal year 2021 that begins the long overdue process of defunding our nation’s deadly immigration detention system. This bill takes steps to hold Immigration and Customs Enforcement (…
- A federal court has ruled that the failure of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to consider less restrictive settings before transferring unaccompanied immigrant youth to ICE detention on their 18th birthdays violates U.S. immigration laws. The ruling in Garcia Ramirez et al…
- A federal court has blocked a Trump administration asylum ban that categorically denied asylum to anyone at the southern border who had transited through a third country en route to the United States, with very limited exceptions. The American Civil Liberties Union and National Immigrant Justice…
- CHICAGO (June 25, 2020) – A five-justice majority of the U.S. Supreme Court today limited habeas corpus review over immigration matters. The majority found that the “great writ” does not protect noncitizens who were apprehended immediately upon entering the United States. The majority went on…
- Español The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) applauds today’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that the Trump administration’s termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was unlawful. This decision grants temporary but palpable relief to hundreds of thousands…
- The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) categorically rejects the Trump administration’s newest proposed rule that threatens to deal a fatal blow to the U.S. asylum system, which has already suffered three years of coordinated attacks. This regulatory wall would block access to…
- Statement from NIJC Executive Director Mary Meg McCarthy The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) stands in solidarity with communities of color who for generations have sought to have their voices heard in the face of racism and injustice. The murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor last…
- The U.S. Supreme Court, by a 7-2 vote, rejected government attempts to limit judicial review over deportation cases involving the Torture Convention. U.S. law forbids deporting someone to a situation where they will face torture, but the steady erosion of fairness in the immigration courts often…
- On May 12, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi introduced the HEROES Act, a $3 trillion relief package to lay the groundwork for Congress’s fifth stimulus bill responding to the COVID-19 crisis. Unlike the prior stimulus packages, the HEROES Act takes critical and overdue steps to address the needs of…