Press Releases

National Immigrant Justice Center Demands Delay of Man’s Deportation, Full Investigation of November 9 Beating James Chesire with his wifeA man who has been detained and awaiting deportation to Kenya for nearly two years filed a federal lawsuit today alleging that on November 9, five federal…

Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) is pleased to announce a new partnership with the City of Chicago to expand access to legal counsel for immigrants in Chicago. “Legal services are more critical than ever as President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to increase…

Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) applauds members of the Homeland Security Advisory Council who today rejected the finding of a draft subcommittee report which concluded that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has no choice but to continue relying on…

English Mientras América enfrenta nuevos desafíos en la larga lucha para afirmar nuestros valores fundamentales de libertad y justicia para todos, el Centro Nacional de Justicia para Inmigrantes (NIJC) apoya a las comunidades inmigrantes con la esperanza que algunos valores son universales: la…

Español As America faces new challenges in our long fight to uphold our founding values of liberty and justice for all, the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) stands with immigrant communities in the hope that some values are universal: The paramount importance of keeping families together,…

Statement of Mary Meg McCarthy, Executive Director, National Immigrant Justice Center CHICAGO – The National Immigrant Justice Center joins our colleagues at 231 immigrant and civil rights organizations in condemning the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) rapid expansion of its…

St Louis, MO — More than 100 immigrant rights, civil rights, faith, and domestic violence organizations demanded that Attorney General Loretta Lynch and U.S. Attorney Richard Callahan in St. Louis drop felony charges against Salvadoran asylum-seeker Zenayda del Carmen Sorto. The Justice Department…

New lawsuit advances efforts started in New York, alleges Texas order not binding in Illinois  A new federal lawsuit today advanced efforts to reinstate the Obama administration’s immigration relief initiatives, known as Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA…

Chicago immigrant rights organizer and educator Nadia Sol Ireri Unzueta Carrasco has received notice that the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has approved her request for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Unzueta Carrasco had previously been denied due to “…

Court to Rescind Class Members’ Detainers, Nullifying Centerpiece of ICE’s Priority Enforcement Program (PEP) CHICAGO – The federal district court of the Northern District of Illinois has invalidated the federal government’s practice of issuing detainers against people in law enforcement custody,…