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- Biden Administration Must End Deterrence Policies that Block Access to Asylum and Trap Migrants in Dangerous Conditions CHICAGO (March 29, 2023) – The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) mourns the 38 people who lost their lives and the many others who suffered injury and trauma in the fire…
Members of Congress and Over 300 Organizations Unite to Chart a #NewWayForward for Immigrants
Bill offers a blueprint for policy rooted in compassion, fairness; takes steps to root out systemic racism from immigration laws Watch video of press conference with formerly detained community members Washington, DC— Representatives Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and…- A federal district court in Indiana has allowed a lawsuit filed by individuals who endured terrible conditions at the Clay County Jail to proceed. Represented by attorneys from the National Immigrant Justice Center and Sidley Austin LLP, plaintiffs Maribel Xirum, Javier Jaimes Jaimes, and Baijebo…
- Reports have emerged that the Biden administration is considering a plan to resume detaining asylum-seeking families, after ending the practice two years ago. National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) Executive Director Mary Meg McCarthy responded with the following statement: “Family detention is…
- The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) condemns the Biden administration’s proposed new rule that will dramatically limit access to asylum for people arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border. The rule — published with only a 30-day window for the public to provide comments — restricts asylum access…
- The Biden administration is reportedly preparing to launch a program that would subject people who seek asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border to truncated fear screenings while locked up in Customs and Border Protection (CBP) detention centers. Under the previous administration, over 5,000 asylum…
- A coalition of more than 250 civil and human rights groups and labor and faith-based organizations today condemned the divisive anti-immigrant agenda of the newly elected majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, and called for legislators to reject the Border Safety and Security Act, expected…
- Today, President Biden made an announcement further expanding Title 42 expulsions to Cubans, Haitians, and Nicaraguans paired with a narrow parole program. Biden also announced that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are planning to release a proposed rule…
- Title 42 has prevented asylum seekers from reaching safety since March 2020, and will continue to do so for, at least, months to come. Today the U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay request designed by restrictionist states to prevent the functioning of the U.S. asylum system. Though the Supreme Court…
- Ahead of Ninth Circuit Hearing, Legal Experts Raise Alarm that Immigration Prosecutions Are Likely to Increase after Title 42 Expulsions End On Thursday, December 8, the Biden administration is expected to appear in federal court to defend a nearly century-old law, first championed by white…