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…
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- 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…
- After President Biden signed a 2024 spending bill that provides $3.4 billion for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to jail 41,500 immigrants per day, 200 NGOs delivered a letter to the White House today opposing this unprecedented expansion of the immigration detention system. Read the…
- WASHINGTON, DC (April 23, 2024) – Today, attorneys presented oral arguments to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Sandra Muñoz, a U.S. citizen and California civil rights attorney who has spent nearly 10 years apart from her husband after the State Department denied his visa without reason.…
- Dozens of individuals and organizations, including members of Congress, former immigration and consular officers, the American Bar Association, law professors, advocates, and faith-based groups, have signed amicus briefs submitted this week to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of California civil…
- WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 21, 2024) – Congress released its Fiscal Year 2024 funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today; the bill will make the detention and border enforcement system more dangerous and deadly while under-resourcing civil society and communities that provide…
- Azadeh Erfani, senior policy analyst at NIJC, responded to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision today to allow Texas Senate Bill 4 (S.B. 4) to go into effect while the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals considers its constitutionality: “With this decision, the U.S. Supreme Court opens the doors for…
- The undersigned organizations advocate for the human rights of immigrant communities and for a fair, functioning and humane immigration system. We urge Members of Congress to ensure that the FY2024 spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security does not increase funding for Immigration and…
- More than 150 international, community, legal, human rights, and faith-based organizations have come together to raise alarm to Biden administration officials regarding reports that the president may use executive power to implement punitive immigration policies emulating the failed and inhumane…
- In response to a White House supplemental funding request, U.S. senators have released text of a proposed funding bill designed to implement extreme anti-asylum and detention policies that would fail to effectively address migration challenges at the U.S.-Mexico border. In short, the bill would:…