Press Releases

Statement of Mary Meg McCarthy, Executive Director, National Immigrant Justice Center Elkhart County Board Commissioner Michael Yoder announced this week that the private, for-profit prison company CoreCivic (formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America, or CCA) had formally withdrawn its…

Statement of Mary Meg McCarthy, Executive Director, National Immigrant Justice Center President Trump and Congress must stop playing political games with people’s lives. Americans deserve a fully funded government, health services for children, a strong disaster relief system and an immigration…

Statement of Mary Meg McCarthy, executive director, National Immigrant Justice Center "We are appalled and ashamed by President Trump’s racist comments referring to the homelands of our African and Haitian clients, neighbors, brothers and sisters. The National Immigrant Justice Center wants all…

Español Statement of Mary Meg McCarthy, Executive Director, National Immigrant Justice Center The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) condemns the Trump administration’s reckless and inhumane decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Salvadorans living in the United States. This…

NIJC Tells Congress: Defund Abusive Detention System Now As Congress deliberates the Trump administration’s request for a historically inflated budget to expand the immigration detention and deportation system, a new report from the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) Office of Inspector…

Statement of Mary Meg McCarthy, Executive Director, National Immigrant Justice Center The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) urges Congress to reject the SECURE Act and other cynical attempts to scuttle efforts to pass the bipartisan Dream Act. Nearly 10,000 young people have already lost…

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Eight immigrant rights organizations filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and Office of Inspector General today on behalf of some of the 400 people swept up this summer in a DHS Immigration and Customs…

In a dangerous abdication of its responsibility to good governance, the Senate appears poised to confirm Kirstjen Nielsen as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Ms. Nielsen, who has been a powerful right hand to White House Chief of Staff and former DHS Secretary John Kelly,…

As Congress Weighs Trump Administration’s Request to Expand Immigration Detention Funding, Barriers to Legal Counsel at Remote Cibola County Correctional Center Illustrate Systemic Rights Violations   MILAN, New Mexico – In its report, What Kind of Miracle, released today, the National…

NIJC & The Resurrection Project Welcome Support to Extend Legal Education and Representation Programs for Immigrant Chicagoans The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) and The Resurrection Project (TRP) applaud today’s Chicago City Council vote to continue to allocate funding for the…