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- As communities across the country take drastic action to mitigate the spread of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) calls on the Trump administration to take the following steps to protect the lives and due process rights of immigrants: U.S. Immigration…
- In order to safeguard the health of our clients and staff in light of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), the National Immigrant Justice Center’s Chicago office has made the following changes: We are suspending all in-person legal consultations until further notice. If you have an appointment…
- NIJC applauds Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker for recognizing that we are all safer when our leaders embrace policies that protect and support community wholeness and family unity. Ending cooperation between the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE…
- en español In response to today’s New York Times report stating that the Trump administration is planning to deploy law enforcement tactical units from the southern border to sanctuary cities, including Chicago, the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) issued the following statement: “…
- The Defund Hate Coalition issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2021: "For his final budget proposal before the election, the Trump administration is clear on its core motivations: a wholesale, hate-fueled attack on immigrants. In the…
- The Trump administration announced today that it will expand its Muslim Ban to block access to visas for immigrants from Myanmar, Nigeria, Kyrgyzstan, Eritrea, Sudan and Tanzania. The new ban also excludes nationals from Sudan and Tanzania from eligibility for the diversity visa program. …
- A group of Chicago-area residents have been given a green light to move forward with a lawsuit fighting the tactics used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in their arrest and detention. The U.S. District Court of Northern Illinois ruled on January 24, 2020, that the case, Castañon…
- Today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5-4, that the Trump administration may proceed with the expansion of “public charge” throughout most of the United States while legal challenges to the policy continue in federal courts. The ruling lifted the last of three nationwide injunctions which had paused…
- WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 21, 2020) - A coalition of 90 human rights organizations sent a letter today to the acting directors of the Department of Homeland Security and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) demanding the release of all transgender people currently in ICE custody. This demand…
- Asylum seekers are being sent into harm’s way The American Civil Liberties Union, National Immigrant Justice Center, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, and Human Rights First filed a federal lawsuit today challenging the Trump administration’s policies regarding so-called “safe third country…