- Español Three U.S. human rights organizations have sent a letter to incoming Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador asking the new administration to reject any proposal by the U.S. government that would require individuals seeking asylum in the United States to return to or remain in Mexico…
- Illinois is set to provide critical new protections for immigrant survivors of violence after the House of Representatives passed a final vote on November 27 to override a veto of the Voices of Immigrant Communities Empowering Survivors (VOICES) Act (SB 34). With a bipartisan supermajority vote of…
- The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University of Law, the Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law and the National Immigrant Justice Center, along with 109 groups, sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)…
- Statement of NIJC Executive Director Mary Meg McCarthy Firing tear gas at men, women, and children seeking asylum is a human rights violation. NIJC urges Americans to call members of Congress and demand they speak out to oppose this unconscionable act of force by the U.S. government. ACT NOW:…
- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Human Rights First and the National Immigrant Justice Center yesterday filed a challenge seeking permanent relief from the Trump Administration’s asylum ban issued earlier this month. The plaintiffs in O.A. v. Trump are six asylum seekers, including three children, who were…
- Signers call on Congress to reject any funding deal that will allow a corrupted and abusive Department of Homeland Security to further militarize the border and harm immigrant communities More than 200 non-governmental and advocacy organizations sent a letter to congressional leadership today in…
- Seasoned Litigator Will Lead Legal Team The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) announced the appointment of Joshua Karsh as the group’s first legal director. In this capacity, Karsh will lead NIJC’s legal team as it continues to provide quality legal services and fight policies and executive…
- Undocumented survivors of violence and trafficking who apply for legal status in the United States will now be placed in deportation proceedings if their petitions are denied, according to a new policy announced yesterday by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The policy marks a…
- Update: On November 19, 2018, a federal judge in the U.S. District Court of San Francisco ordered the Trump administration to resume accepting asylum applications from migrants, no matter where they entered the United States. The order temporarily blocks the administration's asylum ban until the…
- With news reports that the Trump administration is considering a new “travel ban” to block men, women, and children currently traveling together through Mexico as a caravan from seeking asylum in the United States, the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) calls on the White House and Congress…