President Biden Delivered on His Promise to Ensure Protection for Haitians in the United State; Title 42 Expulsions Must Also End to Protect Black and Brown Migrants
WASHINGTON, D. C. — The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) applauds Black immigrant leaders, whose advocacy was instrumental…
WASHINGTON, D. C. — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Tae Johnson testified before the House Appropriations Committee this morning regarding ICE operations and priorities. His prepared statements and responses to congressional questioning evinced an alarming disregard…
NIJC releases new white paper proposing the creation of a DHS office to facilitate requests to return to U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 28, 2021) — Deported community members and their families joined immigrant rights advocates to unveil a proposal for the Biden administration to establish a…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) strongly opposes the Bipartisan Border Solutions Act, introduced yesterday by Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), and Reps. Henry Cuellar (D-TX 28th) and Tony Gonzales (R-TX 23rd).
This bill resurrects harmful…
Our thoughts this week have been with the families of George Floyd, Adam Toledo, and Daunte Wright. We are outraged that from a very young age, Black and Brown community members live with the fear that any encounter with police could end in their deaths. It’s time for our society to reorient our…
CHICAGO —Three immigrants, all of whom have suffered serious medical neglect in ICE custody, filed a civil rights complaint asking the Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) to investigate the ongoing medical neglect they have experienced in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…
160 Organizations Call on White House, DHS to Implement a Meaningful Case Review Process for 14,000 People at Risk in Immigrant Detention
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, 160 immigrant rights and legal services organizations called on the Biden administration to implement an effective case review process…
The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) stands in solidarity with Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities across the nation who have endured racism in this country for centuries and, over the past year, have been the frequent targets of violent hate crimes. Our hearts go out to…
The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) applauds the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for rescinding the harmful 2018 Memorandum of Agreement that resulted in the arrest and deportation of unaccompanied children’s relatives who came…
NIJC’s Analysis of ICE’s Latest Interim Enforcement Guidelines
The Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a memo today detailing guidelines that will drive the agency’s enforcement actions for an interim period expected to last no longer than 90 days.
National…
