A federal court today blocked the Biden administration’s new asylum ban, but delayed its ruling from taking effect for 14 days. The plaintiffs — East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, American Gateways, Central American Resource Center, Immigrant Defenders Law Center, National Center for Lesbian Rights, and…

National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) Executive Director Mary Meg McCarthy responded with the following statement to media reports exposing allegations of abuse by Texas troopers against people attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border to seek asylum: "Dehumanizing rhetoric and policies result…

The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) delivered a letter today to recently appointed Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Patrick Lechleitner, urging him to take advantage of his leadership position to address human rights and due process violations within the…

The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of the District of Columbia, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, and National Immigrant Justice Center today sued the Biden administration over its sweeping asylum ban on behalf of individual asylum seekers, Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, and…

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today, in an 8-1 vote, that Texas and Louisiana lack standing to challenge the Biden administration’s decision-making about immigration prosecutions. The administration’s immigration enforcement priorities have been on hold for more than a year while the two states…

Members of Congress joined with immigrant rights advocates on Tuesday to call on the Biden administration to offer unjustly deported people a chance to return to their families and communities in the United States.   In two separate letters, 64 U.S. senators and House representatives,…

A new report by attorneys at the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) who have been working to provide legal services to people who arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border to seek asylum finds that Biden’s expedited removal process continues to obstruct legal access for people facing their credible…

NIJC, Deported People and Families, Members of Congress, and Partner Organizations Urge U.S. Government to Remedy Unjust Deportations The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC), along with members of Congress, unjustly deported immigrants and their family members, and immigrant rights advocates…

NIJC’s Findings From 3 Weeks of Telephonic Legal Consultations in CBP Custody The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) released a new report today with preliminary observations of legal staff who have been attempting to provide legal consultations and representation to people who arrived at…

Following last week’s visit of civil rights, human rights, and immigrants rights organizations to Matamoros and Reynosa, Mexico and the Texas Rio Grande Valley, the delegation today jointly released “LIVES AT RISK: Barriers and Harms As Biden Asylum Ban Takes Effect.” The report details the abysmal…