The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) joined U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05) yesterday to introduce a new congressional resolution seeking to address the injustices and harms of deportation on U.S. families and communities.
The Chance to Come Home Resolution, which Rep. Cleaver…
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- Today the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Department of State v. Muñoz, a case about what constitutional rights a U.S. citizen has in knowing the basis for her spouse’s immigrant visa denial. The Court, in a 6-3 decision authored by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, held that U.S. citizen…
- President and Congress Must Expand Humane Policymaking to Support Immigrants and U.S. Communities Today the Biden administration announced a new immigration program that will allow some undocumented spouses and undocumented children of U.S. citizens access to permanent lawful status and work…
- Immigrants’ rights groups today sued the Biden administration over the president’s proclamation and a new rule that severely restricts asylum and puts thousands of lives at risk. The American Civil Liberties Union, National Immigrant Justice Center, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, Jenner…
- Today, President Biden announced yet another anti-immigrant executive action that will effectively shut down the U.S.-Mexico border to thousands of people fleeing harm and seeking safety. The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) plans to challenge this new restriction on the right to seek…
- Racist immigration prosecutions block asylum access and separate families The Biden administration announced today plans to increase its reliance on criminal prosecutions for immigration violations. This announcement is part of a misguided and chilling trend of the Biden administration adding new…
- The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) denounces the Biden administration’s continued deportations of asylum seekers to Haiti, a country which the administration itself has acknowledged to be unsafe and unstable. Despite the most recent round of violent civil unrest that has embroiled Haiti…
- The National Immigration Project, Legal Aid Justice Center, and National Immigrant Justice Center today submitted a civil rights complaint on behalf of Manuel*, an individual facing abusive and negligent conditions in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Farmville Detention Center.…
- The Biden administration released a new proposed rule yesterday adding more restrictions to already compromised asylum systems at the U.S.-Mexico border. The changes would dramatically limit access to asylum — a life-saving protection that for decades has been available for people fleeing…
- Marks 40th Anniversary Providing Immigration Legal Services and Advocating for Immigrant Justice The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC, NFP) announced today that it has relaunched as an independent 501(c)(3) organization to continue its mission of defending human rights protections and…