As the Trump administration seeks to indefinitely detain asylum seekers and continues its rapid expansion of its immigration prison system, a new report from the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) calls on the U.S. government to end the use of immigration detention and adopt community-based…
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- AG’s Ruling in Matter of M-S- Further Consolidates the President’s Power over Migrants’ Fates in the United States WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General William Barr’s decision to deny bond and indefinitely detain asylum seekers who enter the United States outside ports of entry betrays American…
- The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling in Nielsen v. Preap, rejected an interpretation of federal law adopted by some lower courts and re-expanded the reach of “mandatory detention.” Immigrants subject to mandatory detention are jailed for the duration of their immigration court proceedings,…
- The Defund Hate Coalition issued the following statement in response to President Trump declaring a national emergency to funnel billions more tax dollars to build more wall on the southern U.S. border: “Today, Trump declared a fraudulent national emergency for his border wall funding, confirming…
- The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) urges Congress to oppose the proposed funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which is up for a vote this week. With this bill, Congress is poised to relinquish its constitutional “power of the purse” to Immigration and Customs…
- WASHINGTON, DC — Last night, details of an agreement by the conference committee emerged that show potential increases to the deportation forces of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including the building of 55 miles of border wall and a massive…
- Six families that endured lasting emotional and physical suffering seek compensation for the federal government’s intentional infliction of trauma WASHINGTON, D.C.—Six asylum-seeking mothers and their children who were torn apart under the Trump administration’s family separation policy…
With Shutdown Over, Congress Must Commit to Invest in Immigrant Communities, Not Harmful Enforcement
In a speech dominated by anti-immigrant rhetoric, President Trump announced today he would sign a bill to temporarily re-open the federal government and end the longest shutdown in U.S. history. Under the bill, the government will reopen until February 15 while negotiations over immigration…- Senate Bill Threatens Asylum Seekers, Refugee Children, DACA and TPS Recipients The government shutdown is hurting families and communities and must end, but Trump’s “deal” and the bill Senator Mitch McConnell introduced this week are filled with poison pills that threaten serious harm for…
- Statement of Mary Meg McCarthy, Executive Director, National Immigrant Justice Center The government shutdown is hurting families and communities and must end, but the proposal Trump announced today offers no new relief for immigrants or refugees and would funnel tax dollars to expand detention…