A delegation of prominent national civil and immigrant rights leaders led by the Haitian Bridge Alliance visited locations in the Texas Rio Grande Valley and the Mexican state of Tamaulipas to bear witness to the end of Title 42 and the implementation of number of punitive policies along the border…

The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Northern California, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, and National Immigrant Justice Center filed a legal challenge today to the Biden administration’s new asylum ban. The challenge was filed swiftly after the new policy’s unveiling. The ban…

The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) condemns the border expulsion legislation, S.1473, proposed by Senators Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) and Thom Tillis (R-NC). If enacted, the legislation would eviscerate the United States asylum system and result in mass expulsions to Mexico and mandatory…

The Biden administration released a final rule implementing a ban on access to asylum for people who travel to the United States through Mexico in order to seek protection. National Immigrant Justice Center Executive Director Mary Meg McCarthy responded with the following statement: “With this…

Today, 233 organizations sent an open statement to President Biden demanding the administration make good on its commitments to never detain families, to end privatized immigration detention, and ensure that people seeking safety can pursue their cases while living in communities in the United…

Chicago, IL (May 3, 2023) – The Biden administration and the Mexican government announced Tuesday that they have reached a deal for Mexico to accept Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan asylum seekers forcibly returned by the U.S. government after the Title 42 mass-expulsion authority ends on…

CHICAGO (April 28, 2023) – The Department of Homeland Security and Department of State provided an overview on Thursday of the Biden administration’s plans to deter migration at the U.S.-Mexico border as the Biden administration prepares for the end of Title 42 expulsions on May 11. National…

A broad coalition of immigration, civil and human rights organizations celebrate the reintroduction of the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act by House Representatives Pramila Jayapal and Adam Smith and Senator Cory Booker. This critical piece of legislation takes necessary policy steps to decrease…

Kirkland & Ellis LLP and NIJC represent class action of people facing prolonged waits for permanent immigration protection following 2021 evacuation from Afghanistan Afghan people seeking asylum are suing the U.S. government over delays in processing their asylum applications, nearly two years…

Biden Administration Must End Deterrence Policies that Block Access to Asylum and Trap Migrants in Dangerous Conditions CHICAGO (March 29, 2023) – The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) mourns the 38 people who lost their lives and the many others who suffered injury and trauma in the fire…