WASHINGTON, D.C. - As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) seeks new sites for immigration detention facilities, today 14 legal service providers and immigrant rights advocates alerted the agency that adding any additional jails to the already bloated immigration detention system would…
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- The City of Chicago Legal Protection Fund has ensured free legal counsel for more than 20,000 Chicagoans since it was launched in January as a joint initiative between the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC), The Resurrection Project (TRP), and eight Community Navigator organizations. In the…
- Yesterday, The Washington Post reported that the Department of Justice is moving to impose quotas on immigration judges in its latest cynical effort to co-opt the immigration court system to be a mass deportation machine. According to the article, Attorney General Jeff Sessions intends to punish…
Congress Must Reject White House’s Immigration “Principles,” Timeworn Attacks on U.S. Law and Values
The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) wholly rejects the Trump administration’s October 8 “Immigration Principles and Policies” document. We urge Congress to uphold American values and the rights of immigrants as it debates a path forward to secure protections for 800,000 members of our…- Statement of Mary Meg McCarthy, Executive Director, National Immigrant Justice Center CHICAGO - The administration’s updated travel ban still primarily targets predominantly Muslim countries and, despite the administration’s rhetoric, still threatens to put at risk asylum seekers fleeing…
- Chicago grandmother and long-time immigration activist Genoveva Ramirez is suing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to demand its immigration service review a long-pending visa application before U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deports her in October. Download the…
- The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) welcomes today’s federal court ruling that the U.S. Attorney General’s threat to withhold law enforcement funding from sanctuary cities has no basis in law. The decision from the Northern District Court of Illinois, written by Reagan appointee Judge…
- [Update: Following news reports about ICE's plans for "Operation Mega," the agency announced in a statement that it had delayed plans for a "coordinated nationwide operation."] Horrific Plan to Target 6,000 - 10,000 for Mass Deportation is Part of Escalating Attacks on Immigrants Washington…
- En Español DACA Recipients Urged to Seek Legal Counsel, Understand Their Rights Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) is outraged by the Trump administration’s decision to discontinue the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Statement of NIJC Executive…
- ICE’s Continuous Attempts to Co-opt Local Police to Serve As Frontline Immigration Agents are Unconstitutional and Harm Public Safety Today Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the City of Chicago’s lawsuit against the U.S.…